Quotes from Susan Kay

Every man to the Devil his own way—as

Like a beleaguered castle her mind was husbanding its resources, boarding every window, locking every door, shutting down unnecessary functions.

I hate beds," she said slowly. "They stand there night after night waiting for you to die in them. It's like lying in a tomb.

I tell you this, madam, no man at court will be able to fart soon without asking Cecil first.

She was English, with all the characteristics that word implies.

I am and not: I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself, my other self I turned.

is a poor substitute for food to a child with an empty belly.

The ruling of men was a dirty business—

Suspicion, like bread, rises rapidly in a warm environment.

When lovers play for kingdoms desire is not enough.

A woman who could look death squarely in the face and smile was beyond the plane of physical ruin.

None of us can choose where we shall love...