Katharine Parr Quotes

“There was nothing more she could do. People chose to go to Hell in their own ways.”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

“Why would you pray to a saint to intercede for you if you could pray direct to God Himself? She did not mourn the disappearance of holy statues from some churches. The Lord had commanded, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,” so she was at one with the King on that. Yet, in most of the churches round about, the priests and the people had clung on to their images.”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

“But, in this life, we have too few chances of happiness to throw any away.”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

“the memory of having to abase herself and denigrate her sex, for she was certain that women’s minds were just as capable as men’s. But to say so would be a worse heresy than Luther’s!”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

“These are sad times, when people cannot follow their own consciences, but God knows the secrets of our hearts. It is through our faith alone that we will be justified. One day, I pray, we will have the freedom to worship openly.”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

“was the one who was left behind who did most of the missing.”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife

“As the wise Cicero said, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Alison Weir, Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife