Quotes by : Geraldine Brooks

I have lived most of my life in soldiers’ camps. I know what they saw. I know how they think. Their....

Strip by strip the lash carved into Grace's shuddering flesh. My tears were falling by then, heavy drops,....

The common soldiers did not blame him for his excessive grief. They knew him. They knew his flaws. Indeed,....

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came....

The wiles of a veteran turned the younger man's own gift of speed against him.

He said that the music—its order and precision—helped him find the patterns in things—the way through....

We look at the Ark of the Covenant and remember who we are.

Even those who know better, such as the King, nurse strange ideas about me as a prophet. They do not....

It's remarkable how very many things there are that a king may not do.

It is one thing to know what is to come. It is another thing to confront it.