Shadows and Strongholds Quotes

“You have trodden paths on which you would never have set foot were it not for my urging - " She broke off and searched his face. "But you need to know that I would follow you barefoot and in my shift and still be the proudest woman in England.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds

“I would not have you follow me, but walk at my side.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“In the end, it is not the stones that matter, but the people who dwell within them.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“My lady, you must bend before you shatter and destroy everyone else into the bargain,” she said. “What do you know?” Mellette snapped. “That our lives would be easier if you could find it within you to show some gentleness toward the living—no matter our unworthiness.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“smile or a frown, agreement or disapproval was all it took to alter lives and atmospheres.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“Worrying about them would make no difference, unless it diminished her ability to cope.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“You always take for granted what you have until it is gone. And then you realize how much value it truly held in your life.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“Not all that is plain is dross,”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“There were some parts of himself that he would probably never find because he dared not go looking for them in the shadows where she had cast them.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction

“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,”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, Shadows and Strongholds: An engrossing and addictive medieval historical fiction