7 Quotes by Joan Wolf

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    King Arthur is treated like George Washington often is—as a hero who is so noble and so far above the common man that he seems more like a stuffed owl than a real person.

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    A barren woman was always tragic, she thought despairingly, but at least her tragedy belonged to herself and her husband alone. When a queen was barren, the tragedy belonged to a nation.

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    The difference between Morgan and Gwenhwyfar, he found himself thinking, was that while both knew how to give, it was Morgan who knew how to give up.

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    When Arthur was present, you did not look at anyone else.

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    But any religion would be found lacking if judged solely by its human servants.

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    He will toss everything aside if he must – Uther, the high kingship, Britain – before he will give up Morgan.

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    She saw. And, painful though the knowledge was, it was also a relief. She had not failed with Arthur, nor had Morgan stolen him from her. He had belonged to Morgan long before she came into his life.

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