The Idylls of the Queen Quotes

“It did not have the makings of a cozy situation for anyone but Mordred, who seems to relish being hated for the love of being hated.”
― Phyllis Ann Karr, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere

“Poor man! Is your curiosity so hot for what you’ve been denied? And you men put the blame on Eve and excuse Adam.”
― Phyllis Ann Karr, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere

“Aye, we all know your fondness for apples, brother.”
― Phyllis Ann Karr, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere

“Your brother, Mordred, has a grain of sense about prophecies. Of course they’ll come true—if a man broods on them until he finds his chance to make them come true.”
― Phyllis Ann Karr, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere

“his squire Melehan, Mordred’s oldest son, had to help him off his palfrey.”
― Phyllis Ann Karr, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere