Liz Wykys Quotes in Wolf Hall
“Why do people marry?”
[…]
“Most people,” he says, “feel it increases their happiness.”
“Oh, yes, that,” Anne says. “May I choose my husband?”
“Of course,” he says; meaning, up to a point.
“Then I choose Rafe.”
For a minute, for two minutes together, he feels his life might mend. Then he thinks, how could I ask Rafe to wait? He needs to set up his own household. Even five years from now, Anne would be a very young bride.
“I know,” she says. “And time goes by so slowly.”
It’s true; one always seems to be waiting for something.
Liz Wykys Quotes in Wolf Hall
“Why do people marry?”
[…]
“Most people,” he says, “feel it increases their happiness.”
“Oh, yes, that,” Anne says. “May I choose my husband?”
“Of course,” he says; meaning, up to a point.
“Then I choose Rafe.”
For a minute, for two minutes together, he feels his life might mend. Then he thinks, how could I ask Rafe to wait? He needs to set up his own household. Even five years from now, Anne would be a very young bride.
“I know,” she says. “And time goes by so slowly.”
It’s true; one always seems to be waiting for something.
