He is a good boy, Gregory. Not the most forward, but I can understand that. We'll make him useful yet." "You don't intend him for the church?" Cranme… - Hilary Mantel

But I need a new husband. To stop them calling me names. Can the cardinal get husbands?"
"The cardinal can do anything. What kind of husband would you like?"
She considers. "One who will take care of my children. One who can stand up to my family. One who doesn't die.

Have you ever observed that when a man gets a son he takes all the credit, and when he gets a daughter he blames his wife? And if they do not breed at all, we say it is because her womb is barren. We do not say it is because his seed is bad.

Oh, you are not disappointing," Henry says. "But the moment you are, I will let you know.