Quotes

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Queen Anne: [after her fall] They were all staring, weren't they? I can tell even if I can't see. And I heard the word fat! Fat and ugly! Lady Sarah: Anne, no one but me would dare and I did not.

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Lady Sarah: Anne, you are too sensitive. Queen Anne: And you are too mean and uncaring, some days. Lady Sarah: Some days I'm quite lovely though. Let's think on them!

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Lady Sarah: None for the queen. Queen Anne: What? Lady Sarah: Well you cannot have hot chocolate. Your stomach, the sugar inflames it. Queen Anne: Abigail, hand me that cup! Lady Sarah: [casually] Do not. Abigail: I'm sorry I do not know what to do. Lady Sarah: Oh fine, give it to her. And you can get a bucket and mop for the aftermath.

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Abigail: You're so beautiful. Queen Anne: Stop it, you mock me. Abigail: I do not. If I were a man, I would ravish you!

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Abigail: My dear friend and cousin, how good to see you've returned from... Lady Sarah: Hell. I'm sure you shall pass through it one day.

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Robert Harley: I wish to make a statement to the queen. Lady Sarah: State it to me. I love a comedy. Is there cake?

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Abigail: [after Sarah slaps Abigail twice in the face] Obviously you still have some anger issues. I will allow it this once. Lady Sarah: Congratulations on your wedding night.

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Lady Sarah: Abigail has done this. She does not love you. Queen Anne: Because how could anyone? She wants nothing from me. Unlike you. Lady Sarah: She wants nothing from you. And yet somehow she is a lady. With 2000 a year, and Harley sits on your knee most nights. Queen Anne: I wish you could love me as she does! Lady Sarah: You wish me to lie to you? "Oh you look like an angel fallen from heaven, your majesty." No. Sometimes, you look like a badger. And you can rely on me to tell you. Queen Anne: Why? Lady Sarah: Because I will not lie! That is love!

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Sidney Godolphin: Obviously you have chosen to keep the particulars of your dismissal from me. I shall leave a gap in the conversation for you to remedy that. Sidney Godolphin: I do not know of women and their feelings, but I know they nurse their hurts like wailing newborns. Lady Sarah: Godolphin, I have a surge of desire to see your nose broken. Your point?

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Abigail: [about the war] If your husband dies? Lady Sarah: Did you not sacrifice your cunt for a fatty German to save your father? Abigail: Yes. Lady Sarah: There is always a price to pay. I am prepared to pay it.

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Abigail: You should lie down. Queen Anne: You shall speak when asked to! I feel dizzy, I need to hold on to something.