Christina: “I have been memorising this room.  In the future, in my memory, I shall live a great deal in this room.”

Antonio: “It’s all a question of climate.  You cannot serenade a woman in a snowstorm.  All the graces in the art of love – elaborate approaches that will make the game amusing – can only be practised in those countries that quiver in the heat of the sun.”

Christina: “One can feel nostalgia for places one has never seen.”

Christina: “I have quite a collection of royal portraits.  My suitors usually come in oil, and I’ve kept them because I love a good painting.”

Christina: “Evidently my people, who are said to love me, do not wish me to be happy.”