Jay Penner > Quotes

“To Cleopatra, having these Hasmoneans by her side could be strategically advantageous.”
― Jay Penner, Queen Cleopatra

“Who was Ashoka? Indian sources identify him as Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson, who presided over India’s grandest empire, encompassing modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
― Jay Penner, Maurya | Historical Fiction Novel set in Ancient India

“The relationship between Ptolemy and Nearchus resembled a great friendship. Arbazus was trusted, acerbic, and he and Nearchus exchanged barbs constantly, much to the amusement of others.”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“understood nothing, but it is clear you know everything.”
― Jay Penner, Queen Cleopatra

“And just like that, most of the Divine Council, blessed by the gods themselves—a vast body of knowledge, wisdom, and brilliance of the Atalanni—vanishes from this earth.”
― Jay Penner, The Wrath of God

“She knew Rome did not recognize marriage between Caesar and a foreigner,”
― Jay Penner, Queen Cleopatra

“Many can draw blood with their blades, but few can wield a reed pen and carve words that convey meaning.”
― Jay Penner, The Death Pit: A Novel of Sumer and Ancient Mesopotamia

“She even had the audacious habit of hugging men and kissing women in greeting. Cicero found all of this very distasteful.”
― Jay Penner, Queen Cleopatra

“Perhaps her father should stop fighting for secretaries and Macedonian warlords.”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“No man who has been accused of fornication with a cow or sheep.”
― Jay Penner, The Death Pit: A Novel of Sumer and Ancient Mesopotamia

“he had realized that she was a significant source of his happiness and one of his most important financiers.”
― Jay Penner, Queen Cleopatra

“Persians? I knew quite a bit, for I had read Herodotus, and my memory still held all the details as if it were yesterday.”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“Caesar desired to govern Egypt peacefully and benefit from its grain and linen exports.”
― Jay Penner, Empress Cleopatra

“understand the movement of the stars as the gods drag them with their fingers.”
― Jay Penner, The Death Pit: A Novel of Sumer and Ancient Mesopotamia

“The soul cannot be pierced by weapons, nor burned by fire; water cannot wet it, nor can the wind dry it. The Bhagavad Gita”
― Jay Penner, Maurya | Historical Fiction Novel set in Ancient India

“The oath is to the land and its laws, not to a man. If that man fails in his duties, then your oath is no longer binding,”
― Jay Penner, The Wrath of God

“Babak departed on his separate secretive mission, but the unrelenting terrain had worn down his men.”
― Jay Penner, The Curse of Ammon

“Seleucus”
― Jay Penner, Maurya | Historical Fiction Novel set in Ancient India

“I would not let my penis dictate my actions.”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“Find yourself a new wife, scribe Nemur, and never have her work for the men of the palace.”
― Jay Penner, The Death Pit: A Novel of Sumer and Ancient Mesopotamia

“therefore you are threatened by the manifestation of a goddess who behaves as if she is a man.”
― Jay Penner, Regent

“black”
― Jay Penner, Empress Cleopatra

“Now, if we fail this expedition due to your intransigence, you can forget about the highness of your rank and start worrying about your”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“And you,” he said, pointing to Eurydice, “I will never hear the end of it from your father if you run away with this uncouth lout, so behave yourself! Ride your camel and follow us.”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“As they observed, the legionary’s gladius descended with exceptional speed and force, and in a single strike, cleanly separated the head of Ptolemy Caesar, son of the divine Gaius Julius Caesar and Her Majesty Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, who was seventeen years of age at the time of departure from this realm. And thus ended the rule of the Pharaohs in Egypt.”
― Jay Penner, Empress Cleopatra

“their forefather Ptolemy I Soter was a companion of Alexander the Great himself, had fought by his side for years, and then had become the satrap and Pharaoh of Egypt after Alexander’s death.”
― Jay Penner, Regent

“Before them stand soldiers.”
― Jay Penner, The Wrath of God

“I recognized the enormous challenge presented by Cambyses’ army and the folly of his expedition.”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“When a river is full of crocodiles, one does not wade into it with one’s penis dangling as bait!”
― Jay Penner, Sinister Sands

“What you will do,” she said, serious and commanding, “is scout the right location and build for me the greatest house of eternity, one that shall not be found by the likes of you, nor defiled.”
― Jay Penner, The Crimson Aten: A Thriller in the times of Queen Nefertiti