All Ye That Pass By Quotes

“Heed our advice, young man. Do not abandon your own plot of land for the allure of the court. A simple, honest life spent close to the earth keeps a man’s face bronzed and his eyes bright.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier

“And what is England if not a farm with soil to be tilled and vines to tend?” Ned asked. “She needs a farmer to see to her needs, and nothing else will do. That’s why our patron saint shares the same name, because the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the faith.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier

“It's just like in the Book of Life, on the Last Day. My father taught me that the devil is kept at bay by the man who puts the flow of his life upon the holy book. That is the covenant, pure and simple, between God and man, sealed in blood. God’s blood. Our blood. That is everything, in the end.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier

“I vote as I see fit, whenever I see fit, and resist becoming a slave to the party line,” he responded icily. “If that is a crime for a free-born Briton, then I am guilty.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier

“Courtesy, my boy,” he told his son. “That’s how they’ll remember you’re a noble, no matter what they think of the faith we keep. Yes, bend over backwards, if you must, but never let yourself be outdone in a generous nature, a fair mind, and good manners. Remember these three things, dear Ned, for no one can take them away from you. Leave the rest to God.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier