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“The very same night, Hastings removed his wife from court and placed her in a convent sixty miles away, the early modern equivalent of being told to go and stand in the corner and think about what you had done.”

Book:The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens

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“Early modern Europe held that if a wife looked elsewhere for sex, her husband bore the blame for failing to satisfy her at home. This may even been part of the reason why Queen Anne was accused of straying with so many men. Just one liaison, and people would ask why the king had failed. Five, and attention turned to the queen's insatiable appetite, her carnal sickness, and the king became a victim of a wicked woman, not an example of failed masculinity. Anne's testimony ruined this tidy picture. Not only had the queen and her ladies-in-waiting been discussing Henry's abilities in the bedroom - something to make any man wince - but, far worse, they had been laughing at him, and now everybody knew it.”

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Book:The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens

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“Yes!" Narissus unslung his bow and grabbed an arrow from his dusty quiver. "The first one who get that bronze, I will like you almost as much as I like me. I might even kiss you, right after I kiss my reflection!" "Oh my gods!" the nymphs squealed.”

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“A gust of cool wind moved in the curtains and made shadows dance and play for her on the walls of the bedroom. Like all the rooms of the house, it was far too large for familial or marital intimacy, and now, alone in the cavernous space, Elena felt a prisoner to its vastness. She pulled the blankets tightly to her chin, creating a small space for herself,”

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“It hit the counter and shattered with the sort of finality usually reserved for marriages and illusions.”

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“Every woman should marry for her own advantage since her husband will represent her as visible as her front door[...] If she chooses a wastrel she will be avoidedd by all her neighbours as a poor woman; catch a duke and she will be Your Grace[...]. She can be pious, she can be learned she can be witty and wise and beautiful; but if she is married to a fool she will be that 'poor Mrs Fool' until the day he dies.”

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“Loving Dean had taught her that jealousy was addictive: the perverse thrill when her worst fears were confirmed, the terrible vindication of learning she’d been right all along. In some demented way, it was deeply satisfying. Jealousy was like outsmarting love.”

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“I wonder where it is...that unknown house. Shall I love it best by moonlight or dawn? That home of the future where we will have love and friendship and work...and a few funny adventures to bring laughter in our old age.”

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“Him: “Have you ever been married before?” Me: “No.” Him: “Why?” Me: “I guess I’ve focused more on my work.” Him: “What do you do?” Me: (bracing myself) “I’m a psychologist.” Him: “Are you analyzing me now?” Me: (Yep, he went there. How cliché.) “Are you paying me now?”

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“I found myself wondering if I could fall back in love with my husband. Oh, I loved him in the way of two people keeping each other’s darkest secrets.”

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“Why must love erase her surname, why must birth deny her throne – she is the one who forms existence, yet there’s nothing she can call her own!”

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