“But any religion would be found lacking if judged solely by its human servants.”
“It is not an easy thing," she said, "to love more than one is loved.”
“A barren woman was always tragic, she thought despairingly, but at least her tragedy belonged to herself and her husband alone. When a queen was barren, the tragedy belonged to a nation.”
“He will toss everything aside if he must—Uther, the high kingship, Britain—before he will give up Morgan.”
“When Arthur was present, you did not look at anyone else.”
“She saw. And, painful though the knowledge was, it was also a relief. She had not failed with Arthur, nor had Morgan stolen him from her. He had belonged to Morgan long before she came into his life.”
“The difference between Morgan and Gwenhwyfar, he found himself thinking, was that while both knew how to give, it was Morgan who knew how to give up.”
“Son, there is no reason except a stupid one for anybody to project on that screen anything that will worry him or dull that vital edge. After all, we are the absolute bosses of that whole theatre and show in our minds. We even write the script. So always write positive, dynamic scripts and show only the best movies for you on that screen whether you are pimp or priest.”
“Theoretically he knew that life is possible, may be even pleasant, without joy, without passionate griefs. But it had never occurred to him that he might have to live like that. Though”
“The profound originality of a divine-human pact in which both parties complain endlessly about each other has too rarely been acknowledged as such.”
“Don't confuse a kid whining for a treat with the argument of a rigorous, logical mind," he had said, as logical as ever.”
“Is he a sophomore?" Lydia says. "Please tell me he's in our grade."
"I don't know," I say.
"But weren't you there when he came to the office?" Peyton says.
"The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins.”
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