We can’t be everything to everyone and still be true to ourselves.[to Elizabeth]
There comes a point in any failing marriage, and here I speak with some experience, when you realize there’s no point in trying anymore, and it’s easier to just let the current take you away.
Self-pity won’t get you very far. You’ve just got to get on with it.
No human being is ideal. Only God is ideal.
It’s so nice when a man is unaware of his best features.
He hasn’t found happiness. He’s found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.[to Margaret, about Peter Townsend]
Begging for anything is desperate. Begging for pardon is common.
Always a mistake to assume just because people are privileged, they lack grit.
A sick king is no good to anyone. There must be no weakness. No vulnerability.
A shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them. And a strong character’s often one who enjoys public life. Who thrives on it. And then, before you know it, the very person you’ve turned to in order to protect you is the very reason you are exposed.
You can judge the health of a family by the state of the marriages within it.
Why does everybody think, just because we’re royal, we like fine dining? Don’t they realize we’re savages? Good for nothing but school dinners and nursery food.