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I know the difference between the confection of live as sung in a minstrel's tale and the sustaining bread of love in reality, he defended himself. Both are to be savoured in their own way.
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It came to him that life moved in circles like the ripples radiating from a stone cast into a pool. . . Now he was on the outer ring of the last ripple, journeying to fulfill the cycle. Or perhaps the cycle was already complete and he was about to cast another stone.
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She crossed herself and gazed at the windows, shedding rainbow colours on the chapel's stone floor. The light from these windows shone just the same as it had when Harry was alive; that had not changed. And she must go on the same too, unchanging, for even when the sun did not shine the colours in the glass still existed.
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Alienor raised her eyebrows. "I can see straight through your ruse," she said. "Even if it is not plain on your face, Aimery de Niort is giving the game away." She glanced toward the young knight who was holding his own horse at the ready, his expression expectant and smug."
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Bishops of Rouen, Fecamp and Jumieges. A
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having something that meant everything was a double-edged sword. It meant you had so much more to lose. ***
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afternoon and the furniture is all assembled.
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In the Middle Ages it was a given that all animals and birds had a name relating to their kind. All cats, for example, were either Gylbert or Tybald (hence Tibbles); all sparrows were Philip. All redbreasts were Robin, and wrens were Jenny. And all monkeys were Robert. Still
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It seemed as close as yesterday, and as distant as the end of the world.
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his gaze. 'But then my responsibilities would be much greater,
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Just remember when temptation comes your way that a boy will drink beyond his means and a man will know when he's had enough." "Yes,"
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She had become an expert at wearing masks, so much so that sometimes it was difficult to find her true self beneath the layers:
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While writing The Summer Queen, I was constantly told that Alienor was a "woman ahead of her time." But my own take is that she was a woman of her time doing her best within the boundaries of what society would permit. Any attempt to go outside those boundaries was immediately and sometimes brutally quashed, but she was nothing if not resilient. I"
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talking to the knights--jesting
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There was a time when I thought I could change everything. I have learned the hard way that we only have so much strength: better to use it for fights where we stand a chance of winning." "And"
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Just because you forget the world does not mean that the world forgets you.
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because there are no winners in this sorry state of affairs. We are all losers; we are all diminished.
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the world was a place where those who had power could do what they wanted and those without it were the victims. The world would try to make him its victim, so it was always best to strike first.
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As she prayed, she thought of Mary, holding her infant son in her lap, nurturing and sustaining him through his childhood, and then watching all that love and care dying tortured on the cross. But in dying, the Blessed Virgin's son had granted eternal life to all.
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brotherly love
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Within her the core of rebellion hardened. She would dress as she chose, because clothes and appearance were part of a woman's armor in this world whether Bernard of Clairvaux approved or not.
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I have memories of him that are like jewels, and others that are stones but my memories of you are always consistent, Mama." "And are they jewels or stones." Alienor asked with a strained smile. "Neither," Matilda answered. "They are pure gold."
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Money, influence, and human imperatives always spoke more loudly than conscience and God.
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she had made a bargain with Rolf
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The language of power was exercised in more than just words. It was presence and thought; it was gesture and timing.
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Within her the core of rebellion hardened. She would dress as she chose, because clothes and appearance were part of a woman's armor in this world
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I've not come this far, fought this hard, loved this much to lose it all before the feast has even begun.
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it would be all right. Not the same, not unchanged, but all right
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all his ambitions were dust in his grave. It all came down to dust in the end.
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Alienor glanced across at the girls who were still oblivious of their fate as they sat over their game of chess. They had been born to be pieces on a board, but whether pawns or queens depended on the skill with which they played the game, and how clever their opponents were.
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No use wishing to be like other folks,' the maid said shrewdly. 'You have to learn to live at peace within your own skin.
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there is love at first sight - so the troubadours say - and there is the love that you take on piece by piece - like armouring yourself . . .' A thoughtful look crossed his face. 'Or perhaps like removing your armour. How many people would you allow within the space between your heart and your shield
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Brats," he muttered under his breath. "They take after you, my lord," Alienor said sweetly."
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Why in God's name did the idiot have to drop dead when all was going so well? I could almost think he has done it to spite me.
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For a man who professed to love God, he was filled with the vinegar of hatred and self-righteousness.
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going anywhere," he said. "Sleep." He held and stroked her. Things could never be the same, but to be shown the light in the darkness was a wondrous gift from God and he was determined to follow it and find the path again."
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know we argued--at times I hated him--but I loved him too, and he was always there. Now there is a hole and I cannot bear to look at it, yet neither can I bear to cover it with earth.
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because there comes a time when there is nothing left but hope,
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If her own situation was a cup of poison, then she should drink from it herself and not expect Isabel to sip.
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I did everything I could." Tears scalded Alienor's eyes. "But it was not enough."
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Without the light the beauty remains hidden," Gofrid said. "But it is always there."
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Had she been male, she would have been granted a modicum of leeway, but as a woman she was damned as a whore
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What did it matter if no one cared, as long as she did herself? Relying on others was a dangerous way to live, and frequently a waste of time
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