Plaidy Quotes & Sayings

Oh, the shame that I suffer now . . . the shame of a vanquished King. And those were the last words of Henry Plantagenet. — Jean Plaidy

They were seated at the banquet side by side, immediately good friends, their great attraction being that each of them knew there was nothing to fear from the other. — Jean Plaidy

People often vented their rage on those who were the victims of their neglect because they were in truth blaming themselves. — Jean Plaidy

What a good thing it is to have in this world one person of whom who need not cherish the smallest fear! — Jean Plaidy

When I was 14 and living in London, I'd go around Hampton Court Palace with its marvelous atmosphere, through the gateway where Ann Boleyn walked, the haunted gallery down which Katherine Howard ran. It all set me going. It all started from there. — Jean Plaidy

But our lives were not as they seemed, were they, Sophia? No one's life ever is. — Jean Plaidy

He had been so friendly, and he had shown clearly that he did not think me in the least stupid
or, if he did, he liked it. — Jean Plaidy

In Spain to share a pleasure is a good thing because in sharing what is good one gives something worth having. To share one's sorrow is to beg that one's burden shall be partly carried by another. Spaniards are too proud to ask favors." The — Jean Plaidy

His dearest wish was that he could have a quiet life free from his obligations. — Jean Plaidy

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience. — Jean Plaidy

Gentlemen, if my love for you equaled my ignorance of everything concerning you, it would indeed be unbounded. — Jean Plaidy

Happiness don't ask to see who you be afore her sits down at your table. 'Er comes and sits with them as know how to welcome her and keep her the willing guest. — Jean Plaidy

It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them. — Jean Plaidy

And there he lay in his bed, a broken man, worn out by a way of life which had been thrust upon him because of the antics of a wayward pig. — Jean Plaidy

I was always amused by the prayers of the saintly. "God do this, God don't do that." I thought God probably laughed at them too, unless He was a little annoyed by their temerity. — Jean Plaidy

There's nothing makes you admire people like seeing yourself in them. — Jean Plaidy

She took his hand and kissed it fervently. I can never thank you enough for all you have given me. You snatched me from the dark pit of despair, of horror, and you set me here in the sunshine. — Jean Plaidy

What was the good of restrained laughter; it made a mockery of the entire practice of laughing. — Jean Plaidy

We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which sloped, of the Queen-Elizabeth-Slept-Here variety. There were old tennis-courts - the Tudor kind where Henry VIII was said to have played; and gardens filled with winter heather, jasmine and yellow chrysanthemums. [ ... ] So that first night together was spent in the ancient bedroom with the tiny leaded paned windows, through which shafts of moonlight touched the room with a dreamlike radiance [ ... ] — Jean Plaidy

All greatness must first take its shape in dreams. — Jean Plaidy

When More had said that a man who cannot restrain his passions is essentially cruel, he spoke the truth. — Jean Plaidy

Ever since reading Jean Plaidy's 'Queen in Waiting,' I've felt deep admiration for Caroline of Ansbach. — Lauren Willig

Is is said that those who study the ways of ambition learn patience. — Jean Plaidy

The two last were in full tide of spirits, and the Baron rallied in his way our hero upon the handsome figure which his new dress displayed to advantage. 'If you have any design upon the heart of a bonny Scottish lassie, I would premonish you when you address her to remember the words of Virgilius:
"Nunc insanus amor duri me Martis in armis,
Tela inter media atque adversos detinet hostes."
Whilk verses Robertson of Struan, Chief of the clan Donnochy, unless the claims of Lude ought to be preferred primo loco, has thus elegantly rendered:
"For cruel love has gartan'd low my leg,
And clad my hurdies in a philabeg."
Although indeed ye wear the trews, a garment whilk I approve most of the two, as more ancient and seemly.'
'Or rather,' said Fergus, 'hear my song:
"She wadna hae a Lowland laird,
Nor be an English lady;
But she's away with Duncan Graeme,
And he's rowed her in his plaidy. — Walter Scott

I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others. — Jean Plaidy

People always grumbled. If things went well they wanted them to go better. Give them comfort and they wanted luxuries. — Jean Plaidy

Tea! The English could always be pacified with it! — Jean Plaidy

I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and so I started to write in earnest. — Jean Plaidy

It's not how many years you've lived, it's how they've left you. — Jean Plaidy

Trust Anne to turn a disadvantage into an asset! — Jean Plaidy

Jean Plaidy was the greatest influence on me. — Ann Turner

He embraced me before them all, and he cried: 'Let every man favor his own doctor. This Dr. Colet is the doctor for me ... — Jean Plaidy

I've always thought you've got to believe in luck to get it. — Jean Plaidy

He was what men called a religious man, which in his case meant he was a superstitious man. There was never a man less Christian; there was never one who made a greater show of piety. — Jean Plaidy

How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story. — Jean Plaidy

Nature was more merciful than men, providing for those who suffered great pain such blessedness as fainting; but men were cruel and brought their victims out of faints that the pain might start again. (On being tortured/The Tower.) — Jean Plaidy

It is to live that requires courage, not to die ... — Jean Plaidy