Philippa Gregory Quote

Is that it? he demanded, in sudden rage. Is that all that matters? Not that I am in love and tumbled like a fool into sin. Not that I can never be happy, married to a snake and in love with a heartbreaker, but only, only, that Mistress Anne Boleyn’s reputation must be without blemish. At once she flew at him, her hands spread like claws, and he caught her wrists before she could rake his face. Look at me! she hissed. Didn’t I give up my only love, didn’t I break my heart? Didn’t you tell me then that it was worth the price? He held her away but she was unstoppable. Look at Mary! Didn’t we take her from her husband and me from mine? And now you have to give up someone too. You have to lose the great love of your life, as I have lost mine, as Mary lost hers. Don’t whimper to me about heartbreak, you murdered my love and we buried it together and now it is gone. George