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title: "1 Lonely Small Quotes By Rosemary Sutcliff"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/but-tonight-because-rome-had-fallen-and-felix-was-dead-because-of/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

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## More by Rosemary Sutcliff

> [“Always, in these times, I am wretched save when sleep comes to me. Therefore, I have come to look upon sleep as the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/always-in-these-times-i-am-wretched-save-when-sleep-comes-to-me/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“See now, for a good blade, one that will not betray the man in battle, rods of hard and soft iron must be heated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/see-now-for-a-good-blade-one-that-will-not-betray-the-man-in-battle/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“So Aquila took his father’s service upon him. It wasn’t as good as love; it wasn’t as good as hate; but it was something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/so-aquila-took-his-father-s-service-upon-him-it-wasn-t-as-good-as/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“Who so pulleth out this sword from this stone and anvil is trueborn King of all Britain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/who-so-pulleth-out-this-sword-from-this-stone-and-anvil-is-trueborn/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/but-tonight-because-rome-had-fallen-and-felix-was-dead-because-of/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served the Centurion because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/esca-tossed-the-slender-papyrus-roll-onto-the-cot-and-set-his-own/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/extraordinarily-beautiful-and-slightly-out-of-focus/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“The gilded wreaths and crowns that the Legion had won in the days of its honour were gone from the crimson-bound staff; the furious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/the-gilded-wreaths-and-crowns-that-the-legion-had-won-in-the-days-of/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/better-to-be-a-laughing-stock-than-lose-the-fort-for-fear-of-being-one/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“Let you sing of us all by name, that we may live as long as the song." "All three hundred of you?" Aneirin said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/let-you-sing-of-us-all-by-name-that-we-may-live-as-long-as-the-song/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells and the totter-moss between, but something in the hearts of men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/that-is-our-shield-ring-our-last-stronghold-not-the-barrier-fells-and/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“Before he left Rome, Marcus had been in a fair way to becoming a charioteer, in Cradoc's sense of the word, and now desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/before-he-left-rome-marcus-had-been-in-a-fair-way-to-becoming-a/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/and-out-of-tristan-s-heart-there-grew-a-hazel-tree-and-out-of-iseult/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“I have provided a possible explanation for Antiochus's insane foolhardiness when left in command of the Athenian Fleet, because Thucidides's bald account is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/i-have-provided-a-possible-explanation-for-antiochus-s-insane/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

> [“It is very hot tonight," Justin said, and loosed the folds of his light cloak, revealing the sprig of rye-grass thrust through the bronze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/it-is-very-hot-tonight-justin-said-and-loosed-the-folds-of-his-light/)

[Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/)

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