Rosemary Sutcliff Quotes

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The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man—" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone else.

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I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it were quite separate from the rest. I think the end of a story is part of it from the beginning.

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But tonight, because Rome had fallen and Felix was dead, because of Valerius's shame, the empty hut seemed horribly lonely, and there was a small aching need in him for somebody to notice, even if they were not glad, that he had come home.

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It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind.

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And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said.

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Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon? Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears. Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night.

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Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.

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We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark.

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And it came to Marcus suddenly that slaves very seldom whistled. They might sing, if they felt like it or if the rhythm helped their work, but whistling was in some way different; it took a free man to make the sort of noise Esca was making.

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