“But I wish you to know that, were I just Edward and you just Jane, I would prefer to marry you. We accord well together, and have similar views… Kings cannot make their own choices. I wished you to know that”

“I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might”

“When these with violence were burned to death,We wished for our Elizabeth.”

“If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by”

“I prefer to be left alone with my books.”

“You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none”

“I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't matter anymore. I am detached, contained in my own private world where he cannot reach me. It is my last refuge.”