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The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2) QUOTES

The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2) QUOTES

1 " Often I wished for someone to share my mind with; but their hearts were in little things, they would have thought me a dreamer, and I had to plan alone. "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

2 " It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

3 " It is the mark of little men to like only what they know; one step beyond, and they
feel the black cold of chaos. "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

4 " She stood laughing in the water. Her laughter made my backbone ripple. It had neither shame nor shamelessness; she laughed alone, please with her victory over strange monstrous things. "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

5 " I could not tell what I should fill even this one day with; and there were years ahead. She "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

6 " Apollo, who understands all mysteries, says also, “Nothing too much.” He is knowledge, Theseus; but She is what he knows. "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

7 " where there is war there’s spoil. From this it was not far to roving on adventure. Young men could set themselves up in life; kings could grow rich without hard taxes, which pleased their people; "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)

8 " She stood laughing in the water. Her laughter made my backbone ripple. It had neither shame nor shamelessness; she laughed alone, pleased with her victory over strange monstrous things. "

― Mary Renault , The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)