Esca Quotes & Sayings

I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course. — Maira Kalman

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. — Rosemary Sutcliff

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it. — Kristin Scott Thomas

I can't think of anything I want to do more than take you for a ride twice a day." He — Penny Reid

The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary. — John Stuart Mill

If it weren't for the friends I have in books, I'd have no friends at all. — P.A. Hopkins

I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. — Tina Fey

Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served the Centurion because I was his slave," he said, dropping unconsciously into the speech of his own people. "I have served Marcus, and it was not slave-service ... my stomach will be glad when we start on this hunting trail. — Rosemary Sutcliff

I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast. — Steven Erikson

She can paint a lovely picture, but this story has a twist. her paintbrush is a razor, and her canvas is her wrist. — Amy Efaw

It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced out of power and a new regime brought in, a new leadership brought in, I am confident it will be some combination of people inside the country and outside the country. — Colin Powell

And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?'
Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.'
'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said. — Rosemary Sutcliff