The Story Through Quotes
So here is a new thing(I think) never been done before. Need a reminder of what happens in the story? Here's how you get through it at lightning speed.(Well, lightning compared to the actual book.lol) Its the whole story through just quotes. Tell me how you like it.
Song of the LionessAlanna: The First Adventure
- "You should have been Alanna."
- "You go to the convent...I'll go to the palace and learn to be a knight!"
- "Did you see the city?"
- "Thom was expert at forging his father's handwriting...One for 'Alan,' one for himself."
- "Heal, child...The gods mean for their gifts to be used."
- "If were caught, we'll both be skinned."
- "I'll pass the tests."
- "By the Black God! Were goin' back this instant!"
- "Who's to know? From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin."
- "D'you want to see things that aren't there for the next ten years?"
- "I take it I'm to call you 'Alan' now?"
- "They rode into Corus...Keep an eye to your saddlebags."
- "Who me?"
- "She wondered if he really was a theif"
- "Until you are fourteen, you will be a page...If your masters think you are ready, you will be made squire...When you are eughteen, you'll undergo the Ordeal of Kinghthood."
- "I'll be fine...you're sure?...Would I have said so if I wasn't?...Yes."
- "Leave him alone, Ralon."
- "You say, 'yes, Lord Ralon,'"
- "I'd as soon kiss a pig"
- "You have a good taste in enemies."
- "This is Prince Jonathan, lad."
- "Alan, stay close to Gary and listen to what he tells you."
- "A regular scholar."
- "In your free time."
- "I could learn to hate that bell."
- "The only thing I know(to Sir Myles) is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time."
- "The word you want is 'odd.'"
- "She was a raw beginner"
- "Were going home...As ye say, Mistress...I'll give it a week."
- "Could--Gary--Gareth--come?"
- "I was wonderin' if you'd fallen into a well."
- "I--buy, and I sell."
- "Friends"
- "But if the advantages were so wonderful, why did she feel like crying?"
- "That Ralon won't like bein' in trouble wiv his Grace."
- "Take it back. Or I'll stuff your mounth with dung--since you like it so much!"
- "Ah. The groung boodied yer nose, split yer lip and punched ye in the eye, all to once."
- "She bloodied Ralon's nose...Ralon broke her arm."
- "I fell down, your Grace...Mithros, boy-- can't you think of a better excuse?...This one works so well, sir. It--it has tradition behind it...Well, sir, you don't believe me and I know you don't believe me, but pride is satisfied all around."
- "All right, then. I won't bolt the door."
- "I'm looking for George"
- "I--I need a favor...If that's what you think I want, I'm off!"
- "It isn't a betin' for Ralon you want? It's a beating he needs."
- "Your first lessin starts now."
- "Liar. Sneak. Coward. Bully...I fight my own battles!...(Alanna kicks butt)...Never touch me again. If you do, I swear--I swear by the Goddess--I'll Kill you."
- "Ralon of Malven has left Court."
- "Then I am--Jonathan"
- (The Code of Chivalry!!!)
- "The Sweating Fever struck."
- "Dark Goddess, Great Mother..."
- "Take his hands. Call him back."
- "Its good to be back."
- "One small dip. Or are you afraid you'll wash off a protective coat of dirt?"
- "Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?"
- "The king wants him to find out who sent us the Sweating Sickness--not that they'll try something like that again, not with Duke Roger here."
- "Was he (Alan) hiding something?"
- "I feel like more went on in there than just his asking me questions."
- "Protection from the gods!...Go on with you!"
- "Prince Jonathan, this is my friend, George."
- "Are you trying to buy me off, King of the Thieves?"
- "Kings and Princes should be friends."
- "She clised her eyes as Sklaw let out a full-throated roar of laughter."
- "I've seen worse."
- "I've got to see a healing woman right away."
- "You're a-- you're a what!"
- "I let nothing slip...It's Alanna"
- "You're a female. child, no matter what clothing you wear."
- "I'll tell them the truth when I'm eighteen and have my shield."
- "Alanna looked puzzledly at the gold symbol."
- "Two guess as to who's wantin' to see ye."
- "I'd love to go."
- "Get back here! A storm's coming up--and if it's natural, I'm a priest!"
- "How about 'Lightning'?"
- "You accepted something? You?"
- "It's just a blade Sir Myles had around."
- "She realized she didn't dislike the Duke of Conte--she hated him."
- "Give me a few more years, and we'll give uor smiling friend a run for his money. Till then, speak softly to him and let him think you like him."
- "If Duke Roger wants to be king so bad...why doesn't he take the throne now?"
- "Duke Roger asked that Alex be his squire."
- "The Prince should pick him."
- "I yield, Well fought, Alan."
- "You've turned out a matchless swordsman."
- "I'd like Alan to come with us."
- "The boys and Myles were summoned to a meeting with Duke Roger."
- "Not even Roger would have the nerve, and coldness, to send his young cousin to certain death--would he?"
- "He is fair if it kills him."
- "Do the Bazhir always stare so?"
- "This is the sunset room."
- "That is the Black City, the doom of my people for centuries."
- "It's too bad no one has written a history of the Bazhir."
- "Are you coming? I'm going with or without you."
- "That's because I'm the only one with insanity in my family."
- "You cannot keep us here."
- "We are hungry."
- "So. You come armed with teir weapons."
- "Young lion--see your companion for what she really is!"
- "She?"
- "Her clothes were gone."
- "He pulled off his tunic and handed it to her.'Later, Just--who are you?'"
- "So you can die."
- "You give a lot of big talk."
- "Place your trust in the sword--and fight."
- "I supposse you'd like an explanation."
- "Do? I'm not doing anything. As far as I'm concerned, you earned the right to try for your shield a lond time ago. No one will learn your secret from me, Alanna."
- "Not kind, Grateful. Admiring. Your getting my shirt wet."
- "Mithros, Uncle will have fits."
- "I'm your vassal."
- "Roger is my only cousin and one of my best friends."
- "Who do you think I should pick?"
- "Me. You should pick me."
- "Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page--the finest squire-to-be--at Court."
- "I'll blame it all on you. See if I don't."
More to come from the other books.
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