The Bull from the Sea
Mary Renault
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies”
“It is the mark of little men to like only what they know; one step beyond, and they feel the black cold of chaos.”
“Often I wished for someone to share my mind with; but their hearts were in little things, they would have thought me a dreamer, and I had to plan alone.”
“She stood laughing in the water. Her laughter made my backbone ripple. It had neither shame nor shamelessness; she laughed alone, please with her victory over strange monstrous things.”
“I could not tell what I should fill even this one day with; and there were years ahead. She”
“It was his nature to believe anything, before he would believe he could be wrong.”
“Apollo, who understands all mysteries, says also, “Nothing too much.” He is knowledge, Theseus; but She is what he knows.”
“where there is war there’s spoil. From this it was not far to roving on adventure. Young men could set themselves up in life; kings could grow rich without hard taxes, which pleased their people;”
“That,” I said, “is the business of the gods, who made us.” “Yes, but for what? We ought to be good for it, whatever it is. How can we live, until we know?” I gazed at him; such desperate words, yet he looked all lit from within. He saw I was paying attention; that was enough to draw him on.”
“She stood laughing in the water. Her laughter made my backbone ripple. It had neither shame nor shamelessness; she laughed alone, pleased with her victory over strange monstrous things.”
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meaning-of-life, friendship, belief, gods, partnership, relationships, evil, knowledge, theseus, purpose, wrong, philosophy, loneliness, pg46
