All Rosemary Sutcliff Quotes
- We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark. Blaze
- When the playful me shows up, I am ready to be a serious learner … a culture of playfulness is closely related to the capacity… Capacity
- ...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus. Beautiful
- 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… Beginning
- 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… Been
- 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 was… Centurion
- 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,… Esca
- 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
- 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,… Beacon
- I have a special "ah, here I am again, I know exactly what they are going to have for breakfast" feeling when I get back… Ah
- Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one. Better
- 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… Always Grows
- 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… Came