“ I knew that the Name was still with him, animating his soul, even as his body failed. Geraldine Brooks
“ Even those who know better, such as the King, nurse strange ideas about me as a prophet. They do not understand that I am given to see only those matters that roil the heavens. They expect me to know… Geraldine Brooks
“ He gave himself fully to the penitent life, fasting, praying, confessing his wickedness and execrating himself in public. He became a better man in the small matters of his days, an even better, wiser… Geraldine Brooks
“ He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things. Geraldine Brooks
“ As wars dwindled to skirmishes and our strength grew, so David was able to spend less time with military commanders and more with the engineers and overseers who were fanning out throughout the land,… Geraldine Brooks
“ From Caleb's Crossing--This is an excellent thought about family though it doesn't apply to me. I am lucky in my brothers.Now, of all times in my life, did I wish Caleb truly was my brother, rather th… Geraldine Brooks
“ He found his voice in the silences, where he could sing as loud and as long as he wanted with no one to complain of it. Geraldine Brooks
“ David would wear no purple cloth, no symbols of his kingship, when he went to greet the ark. In its presence, we were all of us servants. Geraldine Brooks
“ When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared. Geraldine Brooks
“ Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand. Geraldine Brooks
“ Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed in a sun-struck stupor. In the evenings, families gathered on their verand… Geraldine Brooks
“ Anys was so skilled with plants and balms that she knew how to extract their fragrant oils, and these she wore on her person so that a light, pleasant scent, like summer fruits and flowers, always pre… Geraldine Brooks
“ If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw out their first-hand stories of past campaigns. Geraldine Brooks
