9 January: Phillipa Gregory Quotes

Historical novelist Phillipa Gregory was born on this date in 1954. Here are ten quotes from her to celebrate her birthday.

1. You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise...guided by your own virtue and highest ambition.
2. You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.
3. Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the centre of attention. I am going to be French.
4. Just because one man calls him Allah and another calls him God is no reason for believers to be enemies.
5. Fortune's wheel takes you very high and then throws you very low, and there is nothing you can do but face the turn of it with courage.
6. Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against.
7. In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.
8. One never gets the same summer twice.
9. Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.
10. Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well be poor if you do not know what you have.

Character birthday

Ego Master: an elf, named Klink, with the power of psionic control. Klink was one of a community of elves living in an Essex forest which was destroyed by humans in order to build a housing estate. Most of the elves moved on, but Klink was fascinated by the humans and remained behind to observe them, using his power of control to survive undetected by adults. He befriended local children, however, and helped them overcome some of the revengeful spells his tribe had left. When he began using his influence to take money from banks, he came to the attention of Safety Nett and was invited to join Combat Team Delta.