Sunset Song - Quotes Flashcards
(25 cards)
Growth in Maturity; “Chris…”
“…Guthrie crept out from the place below the beech trees where Chris Tavendale lay (…) Chris Tavendale heard her go and she came back to Blawearie never again.”
Growth in Maturity; “What’s..
…father to do with it?” - Chris, when her mother is giving birth.
Growth in Maturity; “…You’ll…
..find little time for dreaming and dirt when you’re keeping the house at Blawearie.” - Mistress Munro to Chris, upon the death of her mother
Growth in Maturity; “in the…
..days when you’re neither bairn nor woman.” - Jean, Chapter 1
The War; “He…”
“…came back a man so coarse and cruel that in place of love hate came singing in the heart of Chris…”
The War; “What…
…have they to do with my Ewan, what was the king to him, what their damned country?” - About Ewan going to war
The War; “…into…”
“…the iron blue eyes a shadow like a dark quiet question would creep…”
The War; “…for the…
…folk seemed different, into their bones the war had eaten…” - about the community
The Community; “He banged…
…at the door and cried ‘Damn’t to hell, do you want to be roasted?’ and when he got no answer he smashed in the window…” - John saving the Strachans’ lives.
The Community; “Rob…
…tuned up his fiddle, Chae squeaked on his melodeon… Mistress Munro had stayed behind to help clear the tables” - Chris and Ewan’s wedding
The Community; “Uncle…”
Tam and Long Rob were there and as Chris went in, Long Rob said Well well, goodbye Blawearie man, and shook father’s hand…”
Chris and Ewan; “Only…
…it was as though her blood ran so clear and with such a fine, sweet song in her veins.” - Chris, upon her wooing
The Community; “…they…”
“…had seen to their own horses on Upperhill and the Knapp, and had met and minded hers on Blawearie…”
Chris and Ewan; “There…”
“…was that smile of his, flitted like a startled cat…
Chris and Ewan; “But…”
“…she smothered her horror and laughed, and kissed him and struggled from him…”
Chris and Ewan; “Oh lassie…
…I’ve come home”, he said, and went into the heart that was his forever.” - a vision Chris has of Ewan after his death
The End of Farming; “For…”
“Long Rob had never come back to the Mill…” Long Rob and Chae represent old way of life
The End of Farming; “It…
…was nearly a quarter of an hour later before the roof fell in and killed the cattle. - Peesie’s Knapp fire
The End of Farming; “…these…
…were the last of the peasants, the last of the old Scots folk” - Robert Colhoun about the community
The End of Farming; “The…”
“…crofter is gone…nothing is true but change, nothing abides” - Robert Colquhoun’s speech
The Land; “Two…”
“…Chrisses there were, that fought for her heart and tormented her…”
The Land; “the…”
“…land in his bones” (Ewan)
The Land; “Hurt…”
“… and dazed, she turned to the land, (…) kind and kind it was it was, it didn’t rise up and torment your heart…”
The Land; “She…”
“…could no more teach a school than fly!”
