Elisabeth Storrs > Quotes

“What had happened to the prudish girl who wore her ugly woolen stola as a shield? The Roman virtue of modesty had been instilled in Caecilia from childhood. She’d shied from intimacy, reluctant to stand naked before either man or woman. Yet Cytheris had encouraged her to welcome Vel’s embrace. And he’d taught her there was no shame in sensuality or being greedy for sensation. To seek the touch and scents and tastes of passion. To forget Roman strictures and custom, and accept pleasure was not a sin. She”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“nervously”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Wedding Shroud

“He once told me the Rasenna knew better than others how death stalks us. That in time Aita will deny us wine to drink, food to eat, and lips to kiss in this world. We are already deprived of the first two. As for the third—the king would not begrudge a man and woman snatching pleasure before they may be robbed of life.” “So”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Let’s not dwell on shadows that are yet to show substance.” The”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Until you can rid yourself of sentiment, I don’t think you should stand in judgment of anyone.” “You”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“It’s forgotten now. We need not speak of it. People shouldn’t be condemned for making mistakes for which they atone.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“There would be no more men. Nor did she want one. She knew she could not replace him, no matter how much she scoured away the vestiges of feeling for him. Behind”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Roman women are the possessions of men. There you can be killed with impunity by your father or husband for drinking wine. And sharing a man’s dining couch is not even contemplated. The Romans think I am decadent and wicked because I chose to live here willingly after war was declared.” Semni”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Make peace. The plague has shown me that we must ensure words of love are not hoarded.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Wisdom is wasted on fools.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“with”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Wedding Shroud

“woman from falling pregnant. I have”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Wedding Shroud

“This one will be demanding. She already knows her own mind. Lady Caecilia would have to be careful her husband did not overly pamper his little princess. Having a strong will was one thing. Being a brat was another.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Fear can make one do stupid things.” “Mistress,”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“patricians also sent wagons stacked high with bronze into the Forum as”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Wedding Shroud

“When Larce was born, she’d feared she would have no more love to give. But she’d soon discovered that love was not finite. It expanded each time she bore another child. Arnth”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Perfumed, short-cropped hair, no beard. Caecilia truly beheld a savage. Once”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Wedding Shroud

“She told herself she should concentrate on those things in her control, not what was in the lap of the gods.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Golden Dice

“A man is expected to control his emotions. To be in love is to let your soul live inside another’s body. It diminishes a man.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“He was right. Love enfeebled a man. She saw this with Marcus and Drusus. It could possess, enrage, and overcome reason. It could drive vengeance and inspire passion and courage. She smiled as she lit another lamp and set up her handloom. For, unlike a man, love gave a woman power. A night moth had become a patrician’s mistress. The impossible had been made possible.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“Better to have faith than to surrender to despair.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno

“sometimes there has to be suffering to gain benefit. We must stand strong in adversity.”
― Elisabeth Storrs, The Golden Dice

“she’d feared she would have no more love to give. But she’d soon discovered that love was not finite. It expanded each time she bore another child. Arnth”
― Elisabeth Storrs, Call to Juno