“There were many things a man might think he should be told when a woman agreed to marry him. She had choose… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“I seem to remember sitting on a golden bench, and she started chattering about the sunset, or something. She seemed quite happy… — Ruth Downie Ruso Copy Share Image
“But, when she was alone, someone rapped on the door and she found herself on her feet, knife in hand, before she… — Ruth Downie Fear Copy Share Image
“...a little knowledge would unlock the gates to vast and unsuspected gates of ignorance.” — Ruth Downie Britannia Copy Share Image
“Sparrows and pigeons and a blackbird were celebrating the morning in the courtyard.” — Ruth Downie Birdsong Copy Share Image
“But she’s only a woman!” The watch captain shook his head again. “So was Helen of Troy, sir. Look what she started.” — Ruth Downie Helen of troy Copy Share Image
“The Empress Sabina had long ago formed her own theory about the nonsense in travel books. No traveler, having gone to the… — Ruth Downie Books Copy Share Image
“That was one of the bad things about being able to read: people could nag you from a great distance.” — Ruth Downie Bad thing Copy Share Image
“But how can an ordinary girl not know this? Had Varana's mother not bothered to teach her anything at all or just… — Ruth Downie Bad-parenting-skills Copy Share Image
“He tried the diversion of reciting all the bones in the body, working down the left side, down to the toes and… — Ruth Downie Right hand Copy Share Image
“Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing… — Ruth Downie Freedom Copy Share Image
“One of the many difficult things about women was that they tended to pick the most unsuitable times to tell you something… — Ruth Downie Difficult things Copy Share Image
“And leave me alone when I tell ya to. I will have things to do that are private. I cannot always have… — Ruth Downie Tilla Copy Share Image
“They had run out of words.... Then he and the Lamp were gone.... Ruse swallowed hard and then began counting bones again… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“Three years with Claudia had taught Ruso that when a woman said something did not matter and refused to tell you what… — Ruth Downie First place Copy Share Image
“Such was the cost of dealing with the Romans: even when one fought against them, the stain of their violence licked and… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“What color is time? Where do the thoughts of the dead go? How is it diseases spread but miracles don't? Have you… — Ruth Downie Time Copy Share Image
“Even now he could not say in his heart of hearts for which side he would draw his blade when he was… — Ruth Downie Children Copy Share Image
“Britannia's big enough to count, but remote enough not to matter.” — Ruth Downie Britannia Copy Share Image
“British rain was rarely that simple. For days on end, instead of falling, it simply hung around in the air like a… — Ruth Downie Marriage Copy Share Image
“Talking with this girl is like trying to catch fleas, you never know which way she was going to jump.” — Ruth Downie Inconstancy Copy Share Image
“[regarding the sacrifice] It was all very professionally done, even to a man whose religion consisted mostly of half formed and unanswered… — Ruth Downie Agnostic Copy Share Image
