commonplace for lecturers and archaeologists teaching Roman history to have no Latin, and therefore no direct access to the history, literature and graffiti of the period they profess to be experts in. The result is a literal acceptance of
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“Other things besides the cream floated to the top, he reflected sourly.”
― Sourcery
― Sourcery

“You can’t patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.”
― The Black Echo
― The Black Echo

“Does it get easier?” she said when she returned. [Grief is never easy. But it gets softer around the edges, smoothed over like a river rock given time enough and water. It’s still a rock and it’s heavy and dangerous and capable of hurting you.”
― Paper & Blood
― Paper & Blood

“Words matter,” he says. “The name you give things, it forms them when you speak. You must always be careful with your words.” The”
― Trail of Lightning
― Trail of Lightning

“sprawling as randomly and colorfully as a pool of vomit outside the all-night takeaway of History.”
― Sourcery
― Sourcery

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