Jerrard Tickell > Quotes

“Quand j'étais petite, je gardais les vaches; maintenant ce sont elles qui me gardent…”
― Jerrard Tickell, Odette

“Perhaps, Mr. Conroy, perhaps. But suppose you, Mr. Conroy, were picked by your…er…house captain to play for your…er…house.” “I wouldn’t be,” said Peter firmly. “But suppose you were and suppose the captain told you to field at…er…cover point, you would field at cover point. You would not insist on fielding at…er…long leg, would you? Or would you? I don’t know. But I hope you would do what the captain told you, realising that the captain was a more experienced player than you. You would play, not for…er…Peter Conroy, but for your side. Let us take the great lesson of a great game into the wider game of politics. We want young blood. We are”
― Jerrard Tickell, Fly Away Blackbird