Quotes from Judith Claire Mitchell

He didn't know what I meant. Intellectually he did, I think. But not in the way we understand it." "Lucky him." "He just listened. He was sympathetic and nonjudgmental." "That's good." "Is it? If someone you care about tells you they are constantly thinking of ending it all, shouldn't you be unsympathetic and very judgmental?

Why doesn't anyone tell you we all wind up married to Henry the VIII?... ...My dear Anne Boleyn,...the only way a woman can avoid waking up next to Henry is to model herself after his daughter Elizabeth and sleep next to no one at all.

She sometimes wishes she'd paid attention to her aunt's remedies for dispelling a careless curse. Is it when you throw salt over your shoulder? Is it when you spit on the floor? Maybe this is the time you spit on your husband; maybe a divorce is what is called for…