How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
'Do I not know now of a day in Spring?
No minute of that wild day ever slips
From my memory: I hear thrushes sing,
And wheresoever I may be, straightway
Thoughts of it all come up with most fresh sting.' (lines 104-108)
No matter how much time has passed, Guenevere's memory of the "wild day" she kissed Launcelot in the garden stays "fresh." Just hearing the singing of "thrushes" is enough to bring her immediately back to that memory. You know how sometimes you associate things really strongly with a particular smell, taste, or song, so that when you hear that song or smell that scent you feel overwhelmed by a particular memory? That's what Guenevere is describing here.
Quote #5
'After that day why is it Guenevere grieves?' (line 141)
Guenevere asks herself why, with such an awesome memory to sustain her, she should ever be unhappy. She got what she wanted, didn't she? She got to smooch Launcelot in the garden. So why should she "grieve"? Of course, the prospect of being burnt at the stake by a bunch of angry knights might make anyone "grieve," no matter how many fond memories of garden smooching they have.
Quote #6
'Remember in what grave your mother sleeps' (line 153)
Guenevere tries to get Gauwaine's to take pity on her by calling up memories of his dead mother. She describes his mother's shameful death with some detail, but of course it doesn't work. (Check out the "Detailed Summary" if you're confused about this section, since Morris borrows from Arthurian legend without explaining the context.)