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The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)

by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)

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“I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I do not really want to be alive.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

tags: death, depression, suicidal-ideation

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“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

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“My life sucked, and it would catch up to me, and I'd just crack.”
― Diane Chamberlain, Secrets She Left Behind

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“Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: becoming-jane, flirting, sex

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“Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

tags: crying, sorrow

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