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1 " And then the great music of which the world is made took him over, beyond thought, beyond control until he heard her cry his name and they fell together off the edge of the world. "
― Jean Gill , Song at Dawn (The Troubadours Quartet, #1)
2 " Power does not always shout its presence, my Lady, and each of the two hundred men armed behind you on this road represent a thousand more ready to die at your command. Every word you speak has the weight of those men. "
3 " Everything was a song if you knew how to listen. "
― Jean Gill , Bladesong
4 " fond of people to stay in the field with the sheep. Well, I’ve got news for you about people, you big stupid "
5 " He is already giving me more advice. Never, never, never put your saucisson or your cheese in the fridge. I feel guilty. I have treated my produce cruelly. I blame my mother. Why didn’t she teach me this – and tell me important things like not to hold an orange pumpkin against a cream jumper when I was peeling it. She could have told me how to preserve kiwifruit rather than my virginity – far more useful. "
― Jean Gill , How Blue Is My Valley: The Real Provence
