Eleanore of Avignon Quotes

“I see Death now as Baldoin, a wild and untamable thing, not a specter to be feared, not a mysterious enemy, but a piece of nature older than stones. Death was never the foe.

Fear is the foe. Hatred is the foe. Ignorance is the foe.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“So do not be afraid,” he says soothingly. “That priest is a nasty old bastard, to be sure. But as my apprentice, you have nothing to fear from him. And if there’s any justice in the world, this plague will make pig food of him by spring.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“when you are in the grief of your life, when it is so dark you cannot see the next step, it is good to remember that you do not suffer alone.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“Death was never the foe. Fear is the foe. Hatred is the foe. Ignorance is the foe.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“Cut out this hatred before it poisons you.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“Everything is strung together, she said. Once you know that, you are never alone. Look around you. The earth is calling.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“From the Historical Note:
Doctor de Chauliac published a widely read treatises on the plague in which he described the two strains of the disease and, using scientific language, discredited the rumors that have been spread by Jews poisoning the wells. His master work, Chirurgia Magna was widely translated and remained one of the most important reference manuals on practical medicine for at least three centuries. He is known today as the Father of Western surgery.”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon

“Erec you despise?” Margot asks,”
― Elizabeth DeLozier, Eleanore of Avignon