Movies - The Other Boleyn Girl

Lady Elizabeth: Now go to France. The queen of France is sophisticated. Be useful to her, amuse her. She’ll admire your spirit. Learn from her. Observe the ladies of the court. See how they achieve what they want from their men, not by stamping their little feet but by allowing the men to believe that they, indeed, are in charge. That is the art of being a woman.

Sir Thomas Boleyn: These rooms, our new position? Does none of my work please you?

Lady Elizabeth: These gifts, this favor will go as swiftly as it came. These rooms once belonged to the Duke of Buckingham, the King’s closest friend. His head now rots on a spike.

Sir Thomas Boleyn: He committed treason.

Lady Elizabeth: Treason? What is treason? Anything the king or his lawyers decide it to be. On a whim.

King Henry VIII: So forgiveness, you say, makes a man great. What else?

Anne Boleyn: Generosity. Humility. The ability to recognize his match in others and not be threatened by it.

Mary Boleyn: How can you show your face in here? My own sister… take care, because he would only do to you what he has done to me

Anne Boleyn: You should not have given yourself so lightly, these are the consequences.

Mary Boleyn: I gave myself to a man I loved, and he loved me.

Anne Boleyn: A man’s love is worthless. Our mother’s loved, look where it got her, a feeble husband. Love is of no value without power and position. If I gave the king a son, he would not be a bastard.