“Farewell, my dearest child. A great distance will separate us…Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent them an angel.” – Maria Teresa’s parting words to her daughter in 1770 (Fraser, 40)
“If a young girl as charming as the Dauphine cannot fire up the Dauphin…it would be better to do noting and wait for time to remedy such strange behavior.” – Maria Teresa’s Doctor, Van Swieten, quoted 6 June 1771 (Fraser, 91)
“How fortunate we are, given our rank, to have gained the love of a whole people with such ease.” – Marie Antoinette on visiting Paris, 14 June 1773 (Fraser, 104)
“Madame, you have fulfilled our wishes and those of France, you are the mother of a Dauphin” – Louis XVI to Marie Antoinette on the birth of their first son, 1781 (Fraser, 187)
References
Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette: The Journey. New York: N.A. Talese/Doubleday, 2001. Print.