Victoria Quotes

“I was so happy … before.’
‘I find that happiness can always be recollected in tranquillity, Ma’am,’ said Melbourne.
Victoria put her hands down and looked up at him, her pale blue eyes searching his face. ‘You were happy too?’
When Melbourne spoke, it was in the voice not of the urbane Prime Minister, but of a man of advancing years who is facing the loss of the only thing that is still capable of bringing him joy. ‘You know I was, Ma’am.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“i know that i am young, but i am ready for the great responsibility that lies before me.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“there is nothing wrong in talking quietly; it only makes people listen harder.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“i am referred to as Alexandrina Victoria. But i do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on i wish to be called Victoria.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Emma shook her head. “There are some things that a woman always keeps to herself.” She smiled at Melbourne. “I never told Portman, for example, that I only accepted him because the man I really loved could never be my husband.”
“Emma!” He felt tears coming to his eyes, unbidden and unwelcome. “I had no idea.”
“It was a long time ago, William, and I am not that girl any longer. But I remember how she felt.” She smiled at him. “And that is how I know that, for Victoria, they will always be your flowers.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Is that all I have to look forward to? Comfort? I think I should prefer to be happy.” “As you grow older, there is a lot to be said for being comfortable, ma’am. But I don’t expect you to believe me. When I was your age I too wanted to be happy.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“stared at Victoria with great intensity. Lifting her head with an agonizing effort, she said, “To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown.” And then Flora subsided back onto the pillows, spent, a dribble of saliva leaking from the corner of her mouth. Victoria felt Flora’s words burning across her forehead. Impulsively she reached down and picked up the invalid’s hand and pressed it to her lips. The flesh felt cold and waxy, as if already belonging to a corpse. Flora did not stir, the only sign that she was still alive the terrible rhythm of the jagged breaths. Victoria put down the cold hand and backed away towards the door. Melbourne was waiting for her outside. “You weren’t in there”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“the postal official, said, ‘Pray continue, Mr Hill.’ Hill took a deep breath. ‘In answer to your question, Ma’am, as to why the postage should cost the same no matter the distance travelled, I say this: should a girl in Edinburgh writing to her sweetheart in London pay more than the one who lives in Ealing? Should the merchant in Manchester pay more to write to”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“The smell of the flowers, the weight of Victoria against him, the flickering candlelight—Albert felt his heart give way. As he pressed his lips to hers and felt them respond with such eagerness, he knew he had found the piece that had always been missing. He put his hands around her waist and pulled her to him, and they kissed until they had to stop to breathe.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Victoria bit her lip and then, as if she had learnt the words by heart, said, “Albert, will you do me the honour?” She stopped and shook her head. “No, that sounds wrong.” She looked away and back at him, and then in her clear voice said, “Albert, will you marry me?”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Do you know what I saw the other day near that fine thoroughfare called Regent Street? A child, maybe three or four years old, selling matches, one at a time. Your Lord Melbourne chooses not to look at these things, but I must. That is the question, Victoria. Do you want to see things as they are, or as you would like them to be?”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Albert looked back at her, and said seriously, “Perhaps. But it is truthful. What would you prefer? Flattery or truth?” As he said this, his glance flickered over to Lord Melbourne, who was watching them from the other side of the room.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“there was the general belief that young unmarried women were susceptible to hysteria, which could only be cured by marriage and motherhood.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Caro and Victoria were alike in that impulsive need to assert themselves without thinking of the consequences, and he could not resist either of them.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Your subjects,” Flora gasped, “are not dolls to be played with.” She stared at Victoria with great intensity. Lifting her head with an agonizing effort, she said, “To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“You are a long way from Kensington today, ma’am.” “I wish sometimes that I had been better prepared. I know that people expect me to talk to them, but I can never think of anything interesting to say.” “You mustn’t worry on that score, ma’am. Everything a queen says is interesting.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“He knew from painful experience that to deny a rumour only served to give it currency. Much better to let the gossips find out for themselves how far off the mark they were.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“As the Lord Chamberlain readied himself to make the official announcement, she turned to Melbourne. She needed to attend to something most important, and she thought he might understand. “I am called Alexandrina Victoria in the proclamation, I believe?” “Yes, ma’am.” “Yet I do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on I wish to be known only by my second name, Victoria.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Victoria pulled her shoulders back and stuck her chin in the air, trying to lift herself from four foot eleven inches to a full five feet—if only she had a few more inches. It was uncommonly hard to be regal when everyone could see the top of your head.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Is that what you call yourself, a photographer?” “Yes, sir, from the Greek—photos meaning light and graphos meaning to draw. I like to think of myself as painting with light.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“Yes, sir, from the Greek—photos meaning light and graphos meaning to draw. I like to think of myself as painting with light.” Albert’s”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown.” – Lady Flora Hastings”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“-Como sabéis, conocí a vuestro padre, majestad. Pero he de deciros que creo que preferiría teneros a vos a mi lado en el campo de batalla.”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

“so glad”
― Daisy Goodwin, Victoria