Tidelands Quotes

“She stood silent among the quiet sounds of the night, and certainty came to her.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“These were simple people: when someone told them that they had nothing to fear they knew that they were in trouble.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“She had not thought that the ghost of her husband would come early—in life he was always late for everything”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“Her task as a mother now was not to keep him safe and hold him to her heart, but to release him and let him fly, as if she were a falconer, hacking a beautiful hawk into the wild.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“She did not know how she would get through Alys’s wedding dinner if James were to be there, not looking at her, not speaking to her, not even a stranger to her; but worse than a stranger”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“she had found, embedded in her heart, like a drowned field post in a mudbank, a great determination to live.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“Alinor was ill, exhausted before she started her day, sick before she got out of their shared bed.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“He had a conviction that he had never felt before:”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“But as he ran, he knew very well that was what he was doing: he was falling in love. He could not stop himself feeling a leap of joy as he recognized that he was falling, unstoppably, in love”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“They both knew that it was wrong: she should not be hoping that her son would bring him to her, and James knew very well that he should not meet her again.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“went back out to the garden at the side of the cottage where she grew vegetables: peas, beans, and cabbages. As she dug at the sturdy deep roots of a dock leaf, her hens saw her, and came rushing up from the shoreline. They scratched companionably, looking for worms and little insects in the turned earth, clucking contentedly at Alinor, and she scolded them gently. “You go down to the shore, don’t you scrape up my plants.” One copper-brown hen pecked up a little worm and made a funny grunting noise of appreciation.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“you”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“merrymaking”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“They were dressed in layer upon layer of winter clothes but they had no special ribbons or favours pinned to their capes. The new parliament had ruled that Christmas was not to be marked with any feasting or merrymaking, but must be a day like any day. Red”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“The tutor requested a companion for Master Walter,’ he went on urbanely. ‘I suggested your boy. This comes to you as a favour from his lordship, to help you since your husband is missing. This is what it is to serve a good lord. Remember it.’ She dropped a deep curtsey. ‘I’m very grateful.’ He gave her a hard look. ‘If anyone asks, you will tell them that his lordship is generous to poor tenants.’ She dipped a curtsey again. ‘Yes, Sir. I know, Sir.’ She turned and walked to the lich-gate with Alys on one side of her, Rob on the other. The two women, mother and daughter, kept their eyes on the ground, and their white capped heads bowed, the picture of submissive obedience. ‘He doesn’t know about the rabbit then,’ Alys said with satisfaction.”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands

“basket”
― Philippa Gregory, Tidelands