“How fragile life was, how fleeting their days on earth, and how fickle was Death, claiming the young as often as the old, the healthy as often as the ailing, cruelly stealing away a baby's first breath, a mother's fading heartbeat.” FirstsEarthYoungMotherBabyHealthyBreathsStealingFragileFleetingHeartbeatFadingFickle Author:Sharon Kay Penman
“Richard, might I ask you something? We've talked tonight of what you must do, of what you can do, of what you ought to do.But we've said nothing of what you want to do.Richard, do you want to be King?" At first, she thought he wasn't going to answer her. But as she studied his face, she saw he was turning her question over in his mind, seeking to answer it as honestly as he could. "Yes," he said at last. "Yes...I do.” WantMindFirstsSaidMightLastsFacesAsksCan DoAnswersSawsOughtKingsSeekingWhat You WantHonestlyTonight Author:Sharon Kay Penman
