The White Princess Season 1 Quotes
The Boy: And what will you have, Teddy, when we are freed?
Teddy: A dog! A friendly dog.
She does not come near me! She does not speak to me! She does not speak for me! Nobody listens to her.
Henry [after nearly strangling his mother and throwing her out of his rooms]
I have loved you Lizzie. How I have loved you. I didn't know that I could love. You have been the grace of my life. But I never deserved you. And whatever happens, you must be safe. Go to the Tower. Speak to him.
Henry
By all the saints, I wonder how you walk in a straight line, your wits are so dismally few.
Lady Margaret
By killing him, The Boy becomes a myth and martyr. His power, ten times greater in the ballads they sing. He must appear the maggot that he is so that Europe will be embarrassed to have had him at their table.
Henry
Lady Margaret [about The Boy]: He is a counterfeit!
Lizzie: Of course he is a counterfeit! You think we do not know that?
Henry: He says himself that I must kill him as a threat, so I will not. I will not be commanded by him. I will parade him. [to Lizzie] Do you agree?
Maggie [before The Boy is parading through London]: I'll not go.
Lord Pole: You must.
Maggie: No, I must not. I have never joined you for the hunt or any other blood sport, and I will not start with this.
Henry [about The Boy]: He thinks it was a Tudor who killed the boys in the Tower.
Lady Margaret: Then he only shows his ignorance.
Henry: Who could it be if it were not King Richard?
Men are weak, swayed by beauty. Women must be stronger.
Lady Margaret
I am tired of being a trembling flower and hoping it might make them feel their conscience.
Maggie
Lizzie: You should think about whose side your on.
Maggie: I'm on Arthur's side. And Harry's.
We are none of us fearless, ma fleur tremblante. But we are women, and we do what we must do.
Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy [to Maggie]
