Stephen R. Lawhead Quotes
Oh, But Once My Memories Had Pulsed With The Blood-heat Of Life. In Desperation, I Forced Myself To Recall That Once, I Had Walked With Kings And Conversed In Languages Never Heard In This Land. Once I Had Stood At The Prow Of A Sea Wolf Ship And Sailed Oceans Unknown To Seamen Here. I Had Ridden Horses Through Desert Lands, And Dined On Exotic Foods In Arab Tents. I Had Roamed Constantinople's Fabled Streets, And Bowed Before The Holy Roman Emperor's Throne. I Had Been A Slave, A Spy, A Sailor. Advisor And Confidant Of Lords, I Had Served Arabs, Byzantines, And Barbarians. I Had Worn Captive's Rags, And The Silken Robes Of A Sarazen Prince. Once I Had Held A Jeweled Knife And Taken A Life With My Own Hand. Yes, And Once I Had Held A Loving Woman In My Arms And Kissed Her Warm And Willing Lips ... Death Would Have Been Far, Far Better Than The Gnawing, Aching Emptiness That Was Now My Life.
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