Favorite Reign Quotes
Mary: Francis, I don't want to play a part with you. I don't want to pretend that I am happy when I am not.
Francis: Mary...
Mary: I know that I insisted you tell me what was wrong, but it was harsh to hear just the same. I didn't realize how disappointed you were for not giving you a child, but I am glad that you were honest with me. That's what we need the most from each other. Give me time. I'll come to terms with it.
Mary: But peasants? You have never cared about them.
Catherine: Oh! I may not care about peasants individually, but in general, I care a great deal. And so should you. Our gowns, our crowns, our chateaus - they all depend on the good will of the commoner for a very good reason. There are 20 million of them and one small family of royals. We must have their love. Thank heavens I can buy it.
Page: Lady Kenna requests a visit, your majesty.
King Henry: No.
Page: She requests that I inform you that she's naked under her robe.
King Henry: Send her in.
Well, if we're to remain here, perhaps we could entertain each other. You could tell me why you need to get to Beauvais.
Catherine
Marie de Guise: Marry Francis--not some bastard who might be king some day.
Mary: His name is Sebastian.
Mary, I know that you think I belittle your marriage by comparing it to mine, but that is not why I talk to you the way I do. I walked this road first, that's all, and I learned if you hold on to foolish romantic expectations, it will make it that much harder.
Catherine
I know I told you to go to Lola, but then the Plague came and you knowingly abandoned me to a nightmare. You are the King who deserted his castle and I am the Queen who was left behind, alone. Alone because of your mistakes. Of all the people you could have slept with, did it have to be one of my ladies? One of my closest friends?
Mary
Peasant: Your Majesty? Is it true that Queen Catherine once threw an entire family of hat makers into the dungeon?
Peasant 2: Yes! I heard they cheated her and she nailed their eyes open so she'd always have to see their deceitful bills.
Catherine: Where do these stories come from? It was one man and I only stretched him a little! Nails, indeed. First you should know he was a terrible, terrible hat maker.
Are you seriously, seriously suggesting that you want to watch me bathe in return for getting my dowry back?
Lola
Mary: If I learned one thing at French court it's worth keeping a dagger on you. [whips out a dagger] [Catherine whips out a two pronged hair pin] Poison?
Catherine: You say that so hopefully now, but sadly it's not. I don't carry poison everywhere! I might accidentally kill myself.
Mary: I am your Queen. I command you.
Lord Narcisse: You will command nothing! I don't fear you. I don't fear your husband! Because without me, without the other nobles your power disappears. We are the outside world and we surround you.
So I sent you here to wed a king and find you engaged to a bastard.
Marie de Guise
