Manda Scott > Quotes

“We all make mistakes in our youth of which we are ashamed. The difference is that the rest of us can forgive the child we were and believe in the honour of the adult we have become. - Gwyddhien”
― Manda Scott, Dreaming the Bull

“It is in my mind that a people faced with death or slavery as their only choices are not readily going to relinquish war. - Longinus Sdapeze”
― Manda Scott, Dreaming the Bull

“Romans! They think women and children are fit sacrifices in war and anything less than crucifixion smacks of leniency. And they call us barbarians. - Longinus Sdapeze”
― Manda Scott, Dreaming the Bull

“The warmth of hell would be a blessing after this. Do you suppose there is a cold hell for those who died in wintertime?
- Fernandez de Anguilar”
― Manda Scott, The Crystal Skull

“However quietly the gods speak, you will hear them. Be patient. They will tell you everything you want to know. All you have to do is listen.”
― Manda Scott, Dreaming the Eagle

“It takes time to heal the pain of loss, and then it takes time to heal the memory of the pain, and the belief that honour requires us to hold that pain for ever. Then it takes more time to find that the loves of our past can still be loved, that something new – or something old, rewoven – does not diminish them. And then while we may know that to be true for others, while we see it in others and want to speak of it daily, it is harder to see it equally in ourselves.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Hound: (Boudica 3): A powerful and compelling historical epic which brings Iron-Age Britain to life

“Even the rats carry bike chains as essential defence accessories.”
― Manda Scott, Hen's Teeth

“He had spent the winter existing, not living. Today, for the first time since the autumn, he felt glad to be alive.”
― Manda Scott, Dreaming the Eagle

“Damaged men are ever the most dangerous, to themselves and others. We stand against them at our peril.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming the Bull

“Thomas,”
― Manda Scott, A Treachery of Spies

“We want to wake up and feel that we're useful, that we're leaving the world a better place for our children and their children. I hate feeling that I'm making everything worse because I'm locked in a system I can't change, that's destroying the world I love. I want to feel that I can do what I'm good at and be valued for it. We all do. Human creativity is absolutely f-ing amazing. There are people all round this country - the whole world - with ideas that could make things better if we could just agree that we all want to be safe, to be respected, to be loved, and then work out how to get from where we are to where we want to be.”
― Manda Scott, Any Human Power

“Remember that this world is an illusion as much as the others. We who have sight see what we choose to see and so make it real.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear

“They will always allow it. It’s only men who need ownership. The gods allow more freedom.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear

“To heal at all, you need first to understand what is lost and why. I know of no fast way that might be done.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear

“No, but you can set the seeds for what can grow when the night lifts and the sunrise brings hope. The gods know nothing of time. They will be here, when those who need them come again, but to reach them again, the children must know what they have been, and what they can be. That is the task for now: to make sure the seed lies ready for the daylight.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear

“The gods never ask for the promise of success, only that we try.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear

“We are not given the choice of how and when we must serve, only whether we do so with courage and so perhaps succeed, or with fear, in which case we will certainly fail.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming the Bull

“We all make mistakes in our youth of which we are ashamed. The difference is that the rest of us can forgive the ignorance of the child we were and believe in the honour of the adult we have become.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming the Bull

“Someone told me once that men are doomed to learn through pain until they can find a way to learn through joy.”
― Manda Scott, Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear