the tudors : season 1 ... sentence starters
"Now you are blasphemous!"
"Lady, desire overcomes all."
"Have I made you unhappy?"
"Don't tease me. I don't like it."
"Have you no kind things to say?"
"Your grace goes too far. Already."
"You should know, you taught me."
"Madam, you should never presume…"
"I hear you've been unwell? Is it true?"
"Well, the King is plainly in love with you."
"Do you really think we should go to war?"
"The thing I care for most is my integrity."
"Forgive me, I spoke of things I should not."
"Of course I loved her, but from a distance."
"You gave me your promise! I was free to choose."
"When was I ever unwell enough not to serve you?"
"Oh, I hope so. I certainly do hope so, for your sake."
"I didn't see all of his game. Now I do. I despise him."
"Your love is most generous where it is most hurtful."
"You treat me so unkindly and, in public, neglect me."
"What would a silly girl like you have to say to a king?"
"I won't have a thought or an affection for anyone else."
"I think we should try to do as the King wants us to do."
"I would only be unhappy if you ever stopped loving me."
"Should I like something that accuses me of being cruel?"
"What if the King doesn't know what's in his best interests?"
"Some people might think so. He certainly thinks so himself."
"You will remove yourself from my sight. Do you understand?"
"What we lack in men, we can more than make up for in ships."
"We shall drop our truth into the scales… and the scales will fall."
"You and I must stay in the king's good graces or we are nothing."
"I made no promise! You are mistaken! How dare you look at me?"
"I have yet to decide whether to make your bedmate a head shorter."
"As a humanist, I share your opinion. As a King, I'm forced to disagree."
"I believed with all my heart that he would return to reason, but now, I…"
"Look, I don't mean he is banished forever. Just as long as he breathes."
"I almost believe that I would sacrifice my kingdom for an hour in your arms."
"You must be prepared to give him the thing you most care for, in all the world."
"Trust me. It will make you feel sick, but it's better than the sickness it prevents."
"I'm not so vain as to display its power, but I'll tell you this: I fully intend to use it."
"And it is now in your power to do him a great hurt, and we expect you to do so."
"Your highness must be looking forward with great anticipation to your wedding?"
"On the contrary, the people love their queen and they have every reason to do so."
"Yes, I must forgive you, I must always forgive you, but I grow tired of forgiving you!"
"I have the same claim as every other lover to whom their heart has been freely given."
"A shrewd man. A businessman. He left me a great deal of money. I intend to spend it!"
"I don't think anything, but I imagine everything. And what I imagine causes me great pain."
"My friend, if all ambassadors were beautiful women I'd be serving my country day and night."
"Perhaps you don't understand. But I can't sleep. I can hardly breathe, for thinking of you."
"You liked him enough once, when he helped us back to court… Or were you just being cynical?"
"There's something deep and dangerous in you. Those eyes of yours are like dark hooks for the soul."
"I care nothing for her. I would rather see her hanged than acknowledge her as my mistress!"
"I give you leave that we may always speak freely with each other, honestly, openly and with a true heart."
"Though I love Your Majesty and I'm loyal to you, in every way, I cannot disguise my distress and unhappiness."
"As a humanist, I have an abhorrence of war. It's an activity fit only for beasts, yet practiced by no kind of beasts so constantly as by man."