“We were rags in the hands of a narcoleptic duster”

“A single wire hanger on a nail by itselfIsn't bad though a stack of them on a floorIs too gloomy for words.”

“My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.”

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

“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”

“If we were truly created by God, then why do we still occasionally bite the insides of our own mouths?”

“I didn't trust men. I wanted to trust them because I knew there must be some good men in the world, but the ones I'd known had lied to my face while plotting acts of violence. Women could be bitches, but men were the ones who seemed the most capable of crimes without mercy.”