Jackaroo Quotes

“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

“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

“Evil would be done, that was the nature of the world; that was bearable if good could also be done.”
― Cynthia Voigt, Jackaroo

“Whatever Blithe wanted, she wanted absolutely and immediately. There was no budging Blithe.”
― Cynthia Voigt, Jackaroo