How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Her eyes gleamed. "Of course. What else is there?" (9.125-9.126)
After a brief detour down the road of love, that path is closed permanently to Anne. She now turns to what she knows best: ambition and power games. What would have happened if Anne had been allowed to love and keep the man she wanted?
Quote #8
I could happily watch her die of her ambition. (14.372)
Once again, we must say, be careful what you wish for. Mary later watches Anne die partly as a result of her ambition, but she isn't happy about it.
Quote #9
"I think they're very alike." My distaste for the two of them crept into my tone. "They both know exactly what they want and they both stop at nothing to get it. They both have the ability to be absolutely single-minded." (31.14)
Mary and Katherine bond over their dislike for Henry and Anne. They also put their fingers on why Henry and Anne are attracted to one another: one's ambition is only rivaled the other's. It's a disaster waiting to happen.