The Great Alta Saga Quotes

“Come, Ye Women Oh, come, ye women of the Isles, And listen to my song, For if ye be but thirteen years, Ye’ve not been women long. And if ye be threescore and ten, No longer women be, Or so say all the merry men Who count so cruel-ly. But women we be from our birth, And will be till we die. Our counte is made so differently To give the men that lie. Oh, come, ye women of the Isles, And listen to my song, For we be women all through life, Where life and love are long. THE”
― Jane Yolen, The Great Alta Saga: Sister Light, Sister Dark; White Jenna; and The One-Armed Queen

“Now you must close your eyes. Yes, that is it. Selinda, you, too. Good. Good. Bring in the dark that I may teach you to breathe. For it is breath that is behind words. And words that are the shapers of knowledge. And knowledge that is the base of understanding. And understanding, the link between sister and sister.” And”
― Jane Yolen, The Great Alta Saga: Sister Light, Sister Dark; White Jenna; and The One-Armed Queen

“He knew he was not a brave man, but he had a great sense of drama. In some circumstances it could seem the same. Forcing”
― Jane Yolen, The Great Alta Saga: Sister Light, Sister Dark; White Jenna; and The One-Armed Queen