Invaders Quotes

“And just so you know, the invaders are always the bad guys. Always.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“Her spirited blue eyes danced like elves in the night and her chestnut hair shone like the sun on autumn leaves.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“The man was scowling as if he’d had seven days’ constipation.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“Although he wouldn’t wish their fate upon anyone, if he were truthful, he was glad not to be alone.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“Thousands of stars glittered in an inky sky. Glow-worms sparkled in the grass and owls hooted in the distance. It was so peaceful that Patricius’ breast swelled with love and thankfulness for the Lord’s goodness.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“We must praise the Lord,” Patricius said. “His ways are sometimes unfathomable, but our aspiration has been granted.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“It would be better for you to ask about the true God, whom we worship, rather than to ask questions about our race.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“We came in peace and we shall leave in peace,” Patricius determined. “At the moment the king and his tribe do not believe, but there may come a time when they think differently, and then it will be important that we have not lodged ourselves in their memories as equally wicked as themselves.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“It’s not always an advantage being born in high society.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“The Welsh are not like any other people in Britain, and they know how separate they are. They are the Celts, the tough little wine-dark race who were the original possessors of the island, who never mixed with the invaders coming later from the east, but were slowly driven into the western mountains.”
― Laurie Lee, I Can't Stay Long

“Patricius’ heart sank. He studied the druids and recognised a few from Antrim. They stood around the king in their white robes, their hair shaved from ear to ear, chewing their thumbnails and chanting curses. The king raised him arms to silence them. “Kill him! Kill him!” they demanded.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“Who stands before us today with a pure conscience? Have we not all, at some time, committed a crime in thought or in deed?”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“He fell on his hands and knees, engulfed in darkness and a biting acrid smell. He felt the floor timidly and touched damp straw. Coughing coming from a corner revealed that he wasn’t alone. He stayed still, on the spot, waiting for his eyes to become accustomed to the dark. His eyes stung and watered from the pungent air. Gradually he could make out shadows. Shapes of people crouched and cowering together, like scared wild animals. The stench of bodies massed so close to each other, their pores oozing illness, their excretions permeating the straw flooring, overwhelmed him. He felt his stomach rebel, and he threw up what little was in it.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“Every time rocks fell or a bird screeched, Patricius felt his heart squeezing in terror. He would never recover from his youth in Hibernia.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“You never change, Salvatore, always thinking of food.”
Salvatore pretended to be offended. “I’m practical, that’s all. We don’t want anyone to faint with exhaustion.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“That is the sidhe bridge.” She chuckled. “The fairy bridge. The Gaels are very superstitious. They believe they must throw silver over the bridge every time they cross it, or it will bring bad luck!”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“My head is turning like a cartwheel; I thought that wine tasted strange.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“It is no mystery,” he told Laeghaire, handing him the three-leaved shamrock. “The greatest secret of heaven lies smiling in the sun beneath your feet. This is one leaf, yet it is parted in three. It represents the Trinity, where we acknowledge God’s existence as three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each of them is separate from one another and yet they are identical and one God. This is the Sign of the Three in One. Each is fully divine and although distinctly separate, they are one God. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“There are no towns in Hibernia. The population is entirely rural and dispersed.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“I believe that the Lord God has chosen me, to inflict pain upon me, so that I empathise with fellow men in need. Healthy men also see my pain and give thanks to the Lord that they are well. But I am strong, Patricius. It is better that this pain is inflicted upon myself than upon a weaker person.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“We are severed in Two by an abstract enemy an invisible enemy under the title of liberators who have conveniently named the severance, Civil War. Cold War. Stalemate.”
― Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictee

“Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only silence”
― Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

“....a baby forest smothered in its bed.....”
― Sara Bonnett Stein, Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards

“When the invaders invade you if you defend they consider you as terrorists and criminals.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“When invaders invade with an intent to only
loot, they don't normally destroy the idols, but if the intent is also to
sabotage the culture of the land.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle