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Out of the various devotional and prayer books I've read, this one is consistently the most helpful for daily bringing me into the Lord's presence. The rhythms are predictable but the readings vary, so that it remains grounded while never becoming pu
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“Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?” Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears.
“Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night.”
― The Lantern Bearers
“Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night.”
― The Lantern Bearers
“I have a special "ah, here I am again, I know exactly what they are going to have for breakfast" feeling when I get back into Roman Britain, which is very nice.”
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“And it came to Marcus suddenly that slaves very seldom whistled. They might sing, if they felt like it or if the rhythm helped their work, but whistling was in some way different; it took a free man to make the sort of noise Esca was making.”
― The Eagle of the Ninth
― The Eagle of the Ninth
“So Aquila took his father’s service upon him. It wasn’t as good as love; it wasn’t as good as hate; but it was something to put into the emptiness within him; better than nothing at all.”
― The Lantern Bearers
― The Lantern Bearers
“It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind.”
― The Lantern Bearers
― The Lantern Bearers
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