The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn Quotes

“For men love what they cannot have, and hate what they cannot control.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“Some promises are lies we never meant to tell.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarch’s works will contain the scattered fragments of your soul.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“Why did Cromwell do it? Did he not twist and overwork the law and man’s reasoning beyond imagining to make my marriage to Henry possible?” “You forget he is a butterfly taken up by which ever wind is the strongest.” “Yes, and there is only one wind in England,” said I bitterly. “Its name is Henry.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“How can this be so? How has it come to this, that all the Lords of England have embraced evil so fervently that they would execute one Lady so that her husband might marry another? It might be said that Henry is no ordinary husband. He is the King. The Sun. A God on earth. But I have known him, and the truth of it is Henry is a man, no more no less, placed upon the throne by other men, thro war and bloodshed and the love of power.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“Is there no such thing as a loyal courtier? I think not.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“Era riuscita a tenere con se un pezzo dell'anima di sua madre, che avrebbe per sempre fatto parte di lei, una spina dorsale per mantenerla forte negli anni a venire, un secondo cuore che avrebbe battuto nel suo petto.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“Posso não ter suficientes qualidades para ser vossa rainha, senhor, mas tenho demasiadas para ser apenas vossa amante.”
― Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn