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1 " The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for Heaven. "
― Gillian Bradshaw , The Beacon at Alexandria
2 " Until that moment she had not really noticed him. Now she felt as though she'd stubbed her toe on a rock, and looked down to find that it was part of a buried city. "
― Gillian Bradshaw
3 " You are like Odysseus, who could go out onto the great sea, lose all his goods and his friends, come to the boundaries of death, and return still himself. "
4 " the water of the lagoon was warm as blood, salt as tears, and astonishingly clear "
5 " Your notion of what dignity demands is so different from a Roman's. A Roman noble might swallow a dozen insults which a Sarmatian would kill for, but he'd be outraged at the suggestion he could rest in a stable. "
― Gillian Bradshaw , Island of Ghosts
6 " ¡Por Dios, Atanarico, eras tú! ¡Nunca hubo nadie aparte de ti! ¿No es evidente? "
