The Bird Sings As If To Say

Fortune's Wheel Takes You Very High And Then Throws You Very Low, And There Is Nothing You Can Do But Face The Turn Of It With Courage.

You Can Smile When Your Heart Is Breaking Because You Are A Woman, And A Courtier, And A Howard. That's Three Reasons For Being The Most Deceitful Creature On God's Earth.

Although Some People Think I Am A Romantic Novelist I Have Always Thought Of Myself As A Rather Gritty Radical Historian.

Before Anything Else I Was A Woman Who Was Capable Of Passion And Who Had A Great Need And A Great Desire For Love.

I Wanted The Heat And The Sweat And The Passion Of A Man That I Could Love And Trust. And I Wanted To Give Myself To Him: Not For Advantage, But For Desire.