Song of the Sparrow Quotes

“It should begin with friendship, I think. Suddenly I cannot look at him.
It should begin with friendship and truly knowing who a person is, knowing his flaws and hopes and strengths and fears, knowing all of it. And admiring and caring for- loving the person because of all of those things...
I know that now.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“But, I believe," I continue, "I know what true love is - or what it should be."

"What should it be?" Tristan asks, his voice soft now.

"It should be a friendship and truly knowing who a person is, knowing his flaws and hopes and strengths and fears, knowing all of it. And admiring and caring for - loving the person because of those things.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“Love is a tempestuous mistress.
And none of us shall ever master her.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow.

~Song of the Sparrow”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“And at that moment, a lilting melody lifts to the moon as a single sparrow sings.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“My sparrow, she flickers and wakes and sings and sings. ”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the emerald carpet, the warriors make war, and it is like a dance, almost beautiful, always macabre. The noise brings me back, the fearsome noise of swords striking swords, a metallic clanging that rings in my ears, echoing and echoing the fearsome din of men screaming and crying as they meet the sharp ends of blades. ”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“Child, think not of those things, those dark possibilities. Your father and brothers are here with you today. Lavain will tug at your braids, Tirry will sing you songs, and your father will see his wife's beauty in you. Savor their love today. And it will never leave you.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“What place does a woman have here, in the realm of men?”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“The birch trees loom ahead like a brotherhood of ghosts. ”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“I live, yet”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“The rowan tree's graceful leaves and soft white flowers brush my arm like a whisper.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“There is a look in his eye,
a heavy look that
makes him seem older,
as though in one night
he has lived one hundred lifetimes.
And it makes him appear
even more handsome.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“I am in a sun-filled tent, and my father's face, wrinkled, drawn, and pinched with worry, grows clear. He kneels beside my head, and as I look at him and ask, disbelievingly, I live? a smile widens, smoothing the creases at his brow and mouth... Tristan sits beside Lavain, his golden eyes so filled with fear, his face haggard and fraught with shadows. Elaine, he breathes, thank God.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“And I am so dull and dirty. Like a small brown toad. He does not see me. How could he see me, when she is before him? Glowing and gilded in gold.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“Elaine, I remember the first time I met you. You were so young, so scared. It nearly broke my heart to see you so.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow

“I do not understand it, this fighting and killing/ and urge to conquer." His gaze turned downward then. I touched his arm, and he glanced at me, all the sorrow on this earth filling his eyes then. "I will never understand it.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow