Memorable Quotes
King Henry VIII: Thomas Wyatt, were you in love with Anne Boleyn?
Thomas Wyatt: Of course I loved her. But… from a distance.
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Anne Boleyn: [Henry sticks his hand up her dress] Not like this.
King Henry VIII: How then?
Anne Boleyn: Seduce me. Write letters to me. And poems, I love poems. Ravish me with your words. Seduce me.
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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey: Lady Anne, what are you doing here?
Anne Boleyn: I have an audience with His Majesty.
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey: [amused] What would a silly girl like you have to say to a king?
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Queen Katherine: You have not answered my nephew’s letters.
King Henry VIII: Just because your nephew’s the King of Spain. Does he think I have nothing better to do?
Queen Katherine: You know he advises you to sign a treaty with the Emperor, recognizing France as our mutual enemy. He also advises you not to heed everything Wolsey tells you, because Wolsey is so biased with the French.
King Henry VIII: Since when are you a diplomat?
Queen Katherine: I am my father’s daughter.
King Henry VIII: [Grabbing Katherine tightly by her wrist] You are my WIFE. You are not my Minister, you are not my Chancellor, but my wife.
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King Henry VIII: [about Anne] She has had a previous engagement to Thomas Wyatt, though she denies it…
Charles Brandon: Well she would, wouldn’t she?
King Henry VIII: [Slams Charles against the wall] I said she denies it!
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Princess Margaret: [to her husband, Charles Brandon] I believe you can love, Charles. For a year, a month, a day, even an hour. And in that hour, I believe you love most sincerely. But after that hour… you love another, and another, and another. Your “love” is generous where it is most hurtful.
