Popular 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.
Kenna: Lola, we're women. We're not allowed to have things of our own. Legally Bash even owns my coal sticks and my lip rouge. I would like to see him try and take those away.
Lola: I don't have a husband, or a family anymore. Legally no one has a right to what is mine, so if I can get some money of my own, I can keep it. And I will.
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
Catherine: I suppose you mean infertility because no man has any inkling about women's problems. Oh, I spent 10 years suffering the same uncertainty.
Mary: And yet you torment me.
Catherine: All in good fun. But is Francis pressing you about it?
Mary: He submitted that it bothers him and he's become distant. He doesn't share his problems with me like he used to. If this goes on, what will our marriage become?
Catherine: Normal, especially for a royal. A crown changes everything.
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
You know that as a Queen, you put on an act. You can't always show what's in your heart. The same is true for being a wife. If Francis isn't sharing his heart with you, pretend you don't see. You'll withhold your own secrets from him soon enough. I'm sorry, but you must give up this dream and accept this distance between you. If you need solace, find it elsewhere, in a separate life, with your own work. And if you find that the crown weighs too heavily, well then line it with velvet. That's what I do.
Catherine
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.
Gifford: Mary Queen of Scots, did you really think you could wear the English Coat of Arms and not be apprised?
Catherine: Elizabeth is behind the impostors!
Love is irrelevant to people like us.
Francis
