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Jackaroo (Tales of the Kingdom, #1) QUOTES

Jackaroo (Tales of the Kingdom, #1) QUOTES

1 " Behind the mask Jackaroo wore, there could be a face of bone, its flesh long since eaten away. Jackaroo could fight as a trained soldier, with swords and shield; he could ride a horse like a Lord; and he had the knowledge of letters which only the Lords held. "

― Cynthia Voigt , Jackaroo (Tales of the Kingdom, #1)

2 " Evil would be done, that was the nature of the world; that was bearable if good could also be done. "

― Cynthia Voigt , Jackaroo (Tales of the Kingdom, #1)

3 " Whatever Blithe wanted, she wanted absolutely and immediately. There was no budging Blithe. "

― Cynthia Voigt , Jackaroo (Tales of the Kingdom, #1)

4 " She stood to drink in the darkness and the air fallen still after a snowfall. The clouds had all blown away. Faint moonlight silvered the fresh snow. Stars shone in a black sky, like jewels on a Lady's cloak. The garden lay shrouded in silver white silence, all its roughness made smooth. Such snow, Gwyn thought, had a way of turning the world into what it was not and making it seem safe. Such snow masked the true face of the world. "

― Cynthia Voigt , Jackaroo (Tales of the Kingdom, #1)