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“I stretched out my hand to Poseidon, but he sent no sign. He was away perhaps, shaking the earth somewhere. All about us I felt another power, dark, past man's thoughts, giver of desolation or of joy, she who can cherish or cast away but abides no question.”
― Mary Renault, The King Must Die

“I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land--every color, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike--all snored in the same language.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“Always, in the Bull Court, our most precious trophies were the gifts of the dead.”
― Mary Renault, The King Must Die

“Your people! Six boys and seven girls! You who are worthy to rule a kingdom."

"Not unless I am worthy to rule them. Few or many, it's all one, once one has put oneself in the god's hand.”
― Mary Renault, The King Must Die