The Green Count Quotes

“Proper job”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count

“Men heal in odd ways. Fra Peter and I began the healing from Father Pierre Thomas’s death in the courtyard of our inn, with sticks.”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count

“I knocked on Nerio's door.
'Your saffron,' I said.
'Go away,' he said.
'Open the door,' I said.
'No,' he said.
'I spent all my money and I need yours,' I said.”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count

“It’s harder to teach in Italy, which is rich, and has no Turks.”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count

“You know, when you are young, and see a knight, or an officer of the king, you imagine that this man is instantly obeyed; indeed, you see it happen. And you think, By the Saints, that’s power. That’s who I want to be. And then when you are ‘in command’ it turns out that you are in a web of relationships, and they are not unlike marriage. The Bible bids the man to command the woman. Certes, I’ll wager those admonitions were written by men who’d never loved a woman.”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count

“She is beautifully well-born, related to everyone, and she speaks Greek.’ He picked his teeth and I changed sides and curried my horse’s off side.

‘And she’s beautiful,’ I commented.

‘And that,’ said Nerio. ‘Intelligent too –much more so than most Italian girls. She can ride, and hawk. She’s like … a person.”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count

“Four on two sounds like long odds; add darkness, a need for quick resolution, and our adversaries’ firmness of purpose, and I can only claim youth and chivalric love to explain my determination. In retrospect, I wonder if I was off my head.”
― Christian Cameron, The Green Count