""Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten……" — Janet Morris
""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 police would ambush you, violate you, skin you alive and use your skull for a drinking cup.""
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197 Quotes by Janet Morris
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Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh…
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Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on.
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What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve…
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Tempus never left a problem for another to solve. Tempus never let the pain or difficulty of an undertaking persuade…
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Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.
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