The King's Concubine Quotes

“It is important for a woman to have the duplicity to make good use of whatever gifts she might have, however valueless they might seem... You have to have the inner strength to pursue your goal, and not care how many enemies you make along the road. It is not easy.”
― Anne O'Brien, The King's Concubine

“Jealousy is a terrible sine and a vicious companion: an animal that eats and claws and gives no quarter. - Pg. 167”
― Anne O'Brien, The King's Concubine

“Silence settled around us. He was asleep again, and my heart was full of sorrow that he should mourn the loss of virility so keenly and above all else. We might no longer be lovers, but we were bound together by our past that stretched over well-nigh thirteen years. Even in sleep, his fingers held mine and I knew he was pleased.”
― Anne O'Brien, The King's Concubine

“How grief and the passage of years can leave their mark. How the burden of duty can wear away the body's resilience. - Pg. 242”
― Anne O'Brien, The King's Concubine

“The years are cruel. They rob us of our health and our friends and our hopes, and give nothing back. - Pg. 146”
― Anne O'Brien, The King's Concubine