"And it came to Marcus suddenly that slaves……" — Rosemary Sutcliff
"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 work, but whistling was in some way different; it took a free man to make the sort of noise Esca was making."
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Rosemary Sutcliff
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13 Quotes by Rosemary Sutcliff
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We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark.
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When the playful me shows up, I am ready to be a serious learner … a culture of playfulness is…
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...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus.
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I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as…
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The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no…
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Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served…
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And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will…
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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,…
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Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?” Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is…
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I have a special "ah, here I am again, I know exactly what they are going to have for breakfast"…
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Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.
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It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come…
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