THE WHITE PRINCESS. sentences and quotes taken from starz' the white princess, loosely based on the book by the same name. change pronouns and names, situations as you see fit.
Promises are always made, and they are always broken. Always.
All my life I have been good. I have been biddable. I've been quiet. I married who I was told to marry and I thank God every day for you, I do, but...I will not be biddable anymore.
Tell me, my Lady the King's mother, how do you stand there in the sight of God with that sin, that stain of child murder on you soul?
 And what will you have, Teddy, when we are freed?
You have the look of our mother. That doesn't please you?
I loved her very much, but I didn't always like her. I hated her ambition. What it did to us. Nothing else mattered but power.
And look where we are from her ambition. I would like to ask her if it was all worth it.
A widow and a virgin hurling oaths against their enemies because words are all they have. That is not a curse.
By all the saints, I wonder how you walk in a straight line, your wits are so dismally few.
Summon your men, my Lords. The Duchess is right, the time to strike is now.
All this time, I thought you were the petite fleur tremblante. But now look at you. A blazing white rose.
She does not come near me! She does not speak to me! She does not speak for me! Nobody listens to her.
How I have loved you. I didn't know that I could love. You have been the grace of my life. But I never deserved you. And whatever happens, you must be safe.
 The right is not given, Henry. It is taken. It is taken by blood, by murder. Where is God in that?
Men are weak, swayed by beauty. Women must be stronger.
I am tired of being a trembling flower and hoping it might make them feel their conscience.
You are the second son. While your brother will be king.
Then listen to your Queen when I command you.Â
I kept my promise and now you will keep yours. We will be happy.
The boy is just a boy. A pawn for an adult game he that he doesn't understand.
He spent his life in brothels and cowsheds. What would he know of politics?
Guard your heart, my Lizzie. The child is not your own. He belongs to the throne.
Well, if I am a whore, you will not wish to wed me, will you?
I do not. With all my heart, I don't, but I am told I must for England.
 You think you have a choice? You think you have free will in this? I am the king and I do not.
 I'm sick to death of being cooped up here.