Thursday, March 11, 2021

Sam Reviews "The Romance of Tristan and Iseult" by Joseph Bédier

So did they only love each other because of the weird potion they drank?

Was it really necessary for there to be two Iseults?


"And as by sadness you came into the world, your name shall be called Tristan; that is the child of sadness.”

"They always could stay near his couch because their love overcame their abhorrence."

"So fear maddened the Queen, but not in truth the fear of Brangien who was loyal; her own heart bred the fear."

"For no lovers ever loved so much or paid their love so dear."

"'Sire, since I may choose a reward according to your word, give me the little fairy dog.'
"'Friend, take it, then, but in taking it you take away also all my joy.'"

"Now a woman's wrath is a fearful thing, and all men fear it, for according to her live, so will her vengeance be; and their love and their hate come quickly, but their hate lives longer than their love; and they will make play with love, but not with hate."

"May all herein find strength against inconstancy and despite and loss and pain and all the bitterness of loving."

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