Margaret George citations

“The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.”

“When he comes into a room, you give a little gasp, deep inside, far inside,' someone once said when trying to describe what it meant to love.”

“I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance.”

“Things do not happen, we must make them happen”

“In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being susceptible to flattery.”

“The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.”

“Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from beneath my feet. It chills my spirits like a rainy day, and all I can do is draw the curtains and cry into my pillow.”

“Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others to speak on their behalf, and condemn them for their words we ourselves put in their silent mouths.”