The Crown Quotes (Season 2)

People are so rarely what they seem.

Who we are is not what we wear or what glitters. It’s the spirit that defines us.

To do nothing is often the best course of action.

That’s the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along and you realize it was actually happiness after all.

Some things can only be perceived one way because they only have one meaning.

History was not made by those who did nothing.

He hasn’t found happiness. He’s found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.[to Margaret, about Peter Townsend]

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.

One always has to accept one’s own part, I believe, in any mess.

In the first flush of a romantic love, we’re all blind. We see only what we want to see.

In any marriage it’s important to find things that really bind you together, as a couple.

There is no such thing as a bad compliment.