Jennifer McGowan Quotes

Remind me never to trust a Spaniard, will you?"

She squeezed my arm. "You have my word. The moment I sense you going weak in the knees, I'll break his.

It's never an easy thing to be a woman, Beatrice. And a woman in power is more at risk than any other. She invites attention. She is strong when the whole world thinks she should be weak, and there are those who don't like that fact. Remember that.

I am neither young nor callow and the people need only a strong monarch to rule them, not a male one. And I need no one but myself to rule.

There is naught you do that doesn't have two or three reasons, a contingency purpose, and as many side benefits as you can extract.