Quotes by Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord

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The common soldiers did not blame him for his excessive grief. They knew him. They knew his flaws. Indeed, I think they — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
As wars dwindled to skirmishes and our strength grew, so David was able to spend less time with military commanders and — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I have lived most of my life in soldiers’ camps. I know what they saw. I know how they think. Their confidence sours as — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I thought it best to add nothing further, to let the line of his thought lead him to his own conclusions. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepar — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of th — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
This night he was a king before he was a man. At this time, this troubled me. Later, I would have cause to wish it were — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
David was at his best in group settings, soldier enough to join in the raucous jests, king enough to make it matter that — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet a — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw o — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
One did not need to penetrate David's secret counsels or insinuate a man in his bodyguard. All one needed was a pair of — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
Curiosity – if not desire, if not plain kindness – might have led him to greater zeal. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
the greatest cruelty of madness is the power it has to blot out a person. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I understood that I was being shown the future: shards of what would come to be. Often, I cried out for the pain of it. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
Where was his empathy? Buried, I supposed, beneath his self-regard. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
The wiles of a veteran turned the younger man's own gift of speed against him. — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord