Aethelflaed Quotes

#1. I was born a Saxon, but raised by Danes, my daughter had married a Norseman, my dearest friend was Irish, my woman was a Saxon, the mother of my children had been Danish, my gods were pagan, and my oath was sworn to AEthelflaed, a Christian. Whose side was I on?

Bernard Cornwell

#2. Well damn him. I was not dead yet, and so long as I lived I would fight for Aethelflaed.

Bernard Cornwell

#3. I would hear him screaming, I would watch him bleed, I would tear his flesh piece by piece before I would worry about Aethelflaed. This was family. This was revenge.

Bernard Cornwell

#4. To be discreet, '"he looked up to glare at Aethelflaed, "'chaste! Keepers of the home! Good! Obedient to their husbands!' Those are God's own words! That is what God demands of a woman! To be discreet, to be chaste, to be home-keepers, to be obedient! God spoke to us!

Bernard Cornwell

#5. Life is a lively process of becoming.

Douglas MacArthur

#6. Grazing around a perfect little stream ahead of them, to their amazement, was a herd of unicorns. They were beautiful: white with silver horns, silver hooves, and silver manes. Conner's

Chris Colfer

#7. I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids.

Janet Fitch

#8. In 2002 Mom and I got a chance to act together in a play called 'Pitching to the Star,' with her brother, Robert Lipton. The three of us on the same stage - that was such a special experience for me.

Rashida Jones

#9. Name three types of olives."
"Olives! I wouldn't know one type!"
"Well, there are three. You can get green ones, you can get black ones, or you can get stuffed.

John Marsden

#10. But when mother died, Caroline was twelve, and in that queer time between childhood and nubile girlhood, when some girls seem to be wise without experience, and perhaps more clear-headed then they will be again until after their menopause.

Robertson Davies

#11. Oh, let's tell the world we're unheard. We're unsure.We're unstop, we're unstoppable. Oh let's tell the girls to be strong. To be sure. To be heard. We want to be heard.

Sara Quin

#12. She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't.

Roald Dahl