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'You' re sweeter to look at than the cardinal,' he says.
'That's the smallest compliment a woman ever received.'

Utenfor porten lyder rop og skrik, London er aldri stille og rolig; enda så mange som ligger på kirkegårdene, sprader de levende rundt på gater og streder, han hører støyende fylleslagsmål fra London Bridge, røvere som sniker seg ut fra kirkeasylet for å stjele, horer i Southwark som vræler ut sine priser som om de var slaktere og solgte dødt kjøtt.

He, Cromwell, admires Katherine: he likes to see her moving about the royal palaces, as wide as she is high, stitched into gowns so bristling with gemstones that they look as if they are designed less for beauty than to withstand blows from a sword.

‘Men say,’ Liz reaches for her scissors, ‘“I can’t endure it when women cry” — just as people say, “I can’t endure this wet weather.” As if it were nothing to do with the men at all, the crying. Just one of those things that happen.’

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them.

Det er fravær av fakta som skremmer folk: Avgrunnen du åpner og som de kan velte sin frykt, sine fantasier og sitt begjær i.

..she looks small and tense, as if someone has knitted her and drawn the stitches too tight.

..sometimes it's quite difficult, sir, to distinguish being persuaded by you from being knocked down in the street and stamped on.

For hva er vel vitsen med å avle barn hvis hver generasjon ikke gjør ting bedre enn den foregående?