Nottingham Quotes

“Ah,” Robin rolled the sound around his mouth. “That’s been something I’ve meant to ask you. What exactly does the Church think of what you’re doing here?” “The Church?” Friar Tuck threw his hands up in disgust. “Honestly, I haven’t the faintest. I’m sure they’d say any number of things about it, and some would be true, and some wouldn’t, and all of it would mean we hadn’t given them enough tithe last week. If I cared what the Church said about the things we do, I wouldn’t be out here doing them.” He chuckled, massaging the snags of his beard. “I suppose the Church would have us stay true to the laws of the land, but the Lord would have us stay true to our hearts. In better times, aye, those would be the same. Our job is to do our best to keep the two in harmony.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“Take thy bow in hand," said Robin,
"For Much will ride with thee,
And all can be together,
If no man die for me.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham

“Deciding upon reasons left a maddening sense of obligation. But deciding only on actions brings the satisfying sense of movement.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“Fear just keeps you from doing the things you know you should. It holds you back.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“Prayer is for giving. It’s for offering yourself to God, for devoting yourself to whatever it is He wants of you. And whatever that is, all we can do is accept it. Through prayer we are closer with Him, which gives us strength. But that’s only half of it. We give God strength as well, when we give of ourselves, unselfishly.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“Grief is the only thing I’ve ever known that grows smaller by being added upon.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“For some, grief was a boulder cascading down the side of a mountain. There is no stopping it, no slowing it, and no telling how much damage it would do along the way. All one can do is stand aside and help pick up the pieces when things begin to settle.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“But there was more to a person, and to life, than hate.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“We can’t be afraid of the worst in each other, it only brings out the worst in ourselves.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“Only the desperate mistake volume for reason.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“reading is the opposite of wasting time. There is no finer way to enjoy a sliver of one’s life than by enjoying the entirety of another’s.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“The captain respected the sanctity of action, and the cowardice of regret, and Gilbert couldn’t fault a man with such beautiful taste.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel

“Nottingham Castle perched atop its hill—Castle Rock as some called it—and offered a stunning view of the countryside in every direction. Its three tiered baileys sprawled out until the castle walls stopped at the sparkling river Trent to the south, and the bulk of the city he loved to the east.”
― Nathan Makaryk, Nottingham: A Novel