Robin Hood Quotes

“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions”
― Robin Hood

“He takes the guilt and responsibility that others can't. John takes the punches. I just take the hunger, and most times it feels like awful little.”
― A.C. Gaughen, Scarlet

“We don't steal from the rich and give to the poor. We steal from the poor because they can't fight back --most of them-- and the rich take from us because they could wipe us out in a day.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“You're still drunk on the stories you learned at your father’s knee, stories from a world that has passed away. But Leofric was the last gasp of a dying age. The Norman spike has driven itself deep into this soil. They have settled in the country and populated the towns, built fortresses and governed shires. They have left our brightest and best in a smoldering heap, from which the smoke can never more be gathered. We cannot expect to raise the stalk back up again when it has been ground into feed.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Ash watched her carefully, scrutinizing her every word and gesture. The question of her sanity came to mind. It was like the scent of something burning in the room.
He swept a hand toward the book. “Are we talking about . . . reincarnation?”
The word took its place in the room like a stranger come in from the cold. Arming himself with cold logic, Ash was ready to challenge any argument she might offer.
“I don’t have all the answers, Ash.” Her voice was gentle and frank, her gray eyes like droplets of water flooded with light. “Hubert said that sometimes there are rare bonds between extraordinary people . . . bonds so strong they cannot be broken . . . not even by death.” She smiled and shrugged a shoulder. “That’s what he said.”
― Mark Warren, A Tale Twice Told

“The name of Robin Hood, if duly conjured with, should raise a spirit as soon as that of Rob Roy; and the patriots of England deserve no less their renown in our modern circles, than the Bruces and Wallaces of Caledonia.”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

“Robin Hood strung his bow and took his place with never a word, albeit his heartstrings quivered with anger and loathing. Twice he shot, the first time hitting within an inch of the wand, the second time splitting it fairly in the middle. Then, without giving the other a chance for speech, he flung his bow upon the ground. "There, thou bloody villain!" cried he fiercely, "let that show thee how little thou knowest of manly sports. And now look thy last upon the daylight, for the good earth hath been befouled long enough by thee, thou vile beast! This day, Our Lady willing, thou diest—I am Robin Hood." So saying, he flashed forth his bright sword in the sunlight.”
― Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

“Your kind has taken away enough from me…enough from my people.” Robin’s temples throbbed, as if a hundred memories were pulsing through his mind at once. “I don’t intend to let you take any more, not this day.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Our Lord Jesus did not live by the sword, yet God sent Him to save the world by bearing the weight of sin on our behalf. That is why a Christian warrior must always be prepared to lay down his life on behalf of another.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“My bonny boy, last night I dreamt of a wily wolf and a swift stag, blessing a sapling among the trees. It is a sign you will make our people proud. They will sing of you when these songs are long forgotten.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“There are different kinds of love,” she assured. “One burns brightly and quickly, like the flame of a taper, then it dies by the morning light. But another is strong, and sure, like an oak with deep roots. It lives on beyond the numbered days of men…”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Jacob gestured to the children. “Look at them! Do they see Norman and Saxon? No, they just see neighbors. That’s what this is about, this food, this basket. It’s what neighbors do. We’re not so different that I can’t understand the way worry can weigh on a man.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“I am the flesh of your flesh, and you are the heart of my heart. When the hand hurts, the eye cries, and when the eye hurts, the hand wipes the tears away. We’re supposed to comfort each other in this life and guide each other to God’s Kingdom in the next. That’s what my mother taught me about marriage. Did she not teach me truly, my lord?”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“I want you to be the father of my child, yes, more than any other man in the world. I want us to grow old together, and lie tangled up in bed during long winter nights, and walk through the garden at the birth of every spring. I want you to read to me, letters and poems, and I want to feed you when you are sick and keep you warm during fever. I want to be by your side till the day I die.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Such a glorious history you have, slaughtering outnumbered men and torturing helpless women and children! You dare call yourselves civilized? You’re nothing but a pack of Norse pirates, who took the cross only when the French king promised you land to grasp and wine to guzzle and women to deflower!”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“To hell with the law!” Robin cried. “I would break it into so many pieces! I would make it a victim instead of my people!”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“The Norman spike has driven itself deep into this soil. They have settled in the country and populated the towns, built fortresses and governed shires. They have left our brightest and best in a smoldering heap, from which the smoke can never more be gathered. We cannot expect to raise the stalk back up again when it has been ground into feed.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Woden was willing to hang upon a tree to prevent the end, yet all his efforts were in vain. I would rather worship a God who would make a fool of Himself for love, hung from a tree so that sinners might be granted pardon and peace. He has gained a victory that cannot be overturned.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“The death of gods and men should hold few terrors for Christian folk. Indeed, we should make merry, for we see death and resurrection alike.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“You won’t settle for peace, Rob,” said Owain. “Not after what you’ve seen. You’ll demand justice...yes, and you’ll take it. I know you. And if you want us to be of any help to you when the time comes for you to stand tall, you'll have to teach us how to stand beside you.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“You,” she whispered, getting to her feet and extending the horn towards him. “You are the Green Man! Blow as thou wilt!”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Methinks some trouble may be worth stirring,” she remarked. “The company Our Lord kept was not altogether lauded either. Some shepherds are determined to find lost sheep, I suppose, even at the risk of smelling like them.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“My father fought against the infidels during the last crusade. It cost him his life. But even if one who had served among the Mohammadan rabble sought sanctuary at the chapel gates, I would give it to him. The laws of the Almighty stand above the laws of men.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“I play the affable fool at social gatherings and cut deals in back rooms with my fellow Normans. But I cannot trust them with my vulnerability. Only from you I hide nothing, for you are open about your feelings and your cause, even to those on the other side. Yes, you are a Saxon, but…I trust you more than my own people.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“God calls to all men through beauty,” he said. “Grace saves us, but is not grace beautiful? I think it must be full womanly, even, to draw men in, and to give us a second birth.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“I think our ancestors foresaw grace, the original kind that makes all things grow, and is ever giving birth to greater greenery, not just in the wood, but in the heart. It is ever making us something we once were, and something we have yet to become.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Marian shook her head. “Nay, I would see a world that is more concerned with justice and mercy than with rank.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“All I ask is that they remember Christ came unto the poor as a child of the poor. God is among them, on their side, and they needn’t be afraid of men like Renouf, Montefault, or Cavendish.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“I have not forgotten that I am a Norman, nor the responsibilities that I bear. I swear I will be a lady worthy of our family name, worthy of England, and worthy of my conscience.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood

“Yes, despite everything, I astonish myself by daring to hope. Marian gives me that hope. There is so much good to be found in England, for we are all her people, no matter our rank or fortune or lineage. Surely it is our choices that define us, no matter which side our sires fought on at Hastings field.”
― Avellina Balestri, Saplings of Sherwood