All Janet Morris Quotes
- The heavens listen to what is said on these cobbles. Laws of man and nature come together here. Here you must be firm. Here you… Cobbles
- The sun is new every day Day
- Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for the celebration of… Belittle
- In this new world, this day and forever, then, we are not only Thebans - we are all Stepsons. We are all one Sacred Band.… All
- Live to fight on other days. Days
- Look around you. It's an honor to fight beside you. Today we choose to fight. For the freedom to fight on other days. So we… Beside
- Now the Fates are here on the beach, three shadows blacker than black, walking through the dunes and looking for their own. Just shadows, lamb-white… Among
- For Harmony. A chance at life. To fight on other days. Chance
- Survival has its own etiquette. Etiquette
- The only unfair fight is the one you lose. Fight
- All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any. All
- War is all and king of all All
- Only from chaos does order come. The angry Fates bring death where they will, when war is king, says Enlil, storm god of the armies,… Angry
- Painful things are quickly forgotten. Forgotten
- I think we're all in Cime's army now. But never mind, the Storm God hasn't forgotten us. Heaven is no farther away than it ever… All
- Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly upon us. We… Among
- Gods have bloody hands. Bloody
- Use him wisely. Few have been given such a weapon by the gods or Fates before. Been
- If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased. Asks
- Gods are nothing without their worshipers; they act on the affairs and the passions of men. Act
- The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine god (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows… Ancient
- You three have done quite enough today: all of you and your feckless, treacherous god. All
- Gods and men honor those who have fought in battle. Battle
- "Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In Sparta, the secret… Alive
- Arrows are cheap; you're expensive. Arrows