“If thieves see us on the road, I think they’ll wait for more worthwhile victims.” Patricius smiled. He held out his hand to help a monk up from the ground. The monk’s bones were so thin that Patricius was scared to grip him tightly lest the bone crumble beneath his fingers. Their feet and shins looked like those of skeletons.” LoveWarAdventureEducationalAccomplishmentBrutalCulturalLandsEarly Century History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“The man was scowling as if he’d had seven days’ constipation.” ReligionCultureSlaveryEducationalAccomplishmentBrutalWarsInvadersCulturalEauropean History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“It’s not always an advantage being born in high society.” LoveReligionCultureFictionSlaveryBrutalWarsInvadersEauropean HistoryHistorical Italian Fiction Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“They reached the entrance to Oweynagat. “When is Samhain?” Chad asked, whispering in a timid voice. “Tomorrow,” Caplait answered. “Tomorrow?” Chad’s voice wobbled. “But the stories that Banban told us, of ghosts and two-headed monsters and the Morrigan—shouldn’t we wait until after Samhain?” “A week? But tomorrow is Samhain; you all heard what Banban told us! About the graves opening, and the spirits in this cave; the emerging of creatures from Oweynagat; the Morrigan on a chariot pulled by a onelegged chestnut horse; and the Ellen Trechen, the tripleheaded monster!” LoveWarReligionPeaceAdventureEducationalAspirationsCulturalLandsEarly Century History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“We must praise the Lord,” Patricius said. “His ways are sometimes unfathomable, but our aspiration has been granted.” ReligionCulturePeaceSlaveryAccomplishmentBrutalWarsInvadersEauropean HistoryHistorical Italian Fiction Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“We came in peace and we shall leave in peace,” Patricius determined. “At the moment the king and his tribe do not believe, but there may come a time when they think differently, and then it will be important that we have not lodged ourselves in their memories as equally wicked as themselves.” ReligionCulturePeaceSlaveryEducationalAccomplishmentBrutalWarsInvadersCultural Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“I believe that the Lord God has chosen me, to inflict pain upon me, so that I empathise with fellow men in need. Healthy men also see my pain and give thanks to the Lord that they are well. But I am strong, Patricius. It is better that this pain is inflicted upon myself than upon a weaker person.” ReligionCultureBeliefPeaceSlaveryAccomplishmentBrutalWarsInvadersEauropean History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“No, síochán, we have come in peace and cairdeas, friendship.” “Go hlfreann leat! To hell with you! You wish to put us under your spell!” LoveWarPeaceAdventureEducationalAccomplishmentAspirationsCulturalLandsEarly Century History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“Patricius’ heart sank. He studied the druids and recognised a few from Antrim. They stood around the king in their white robes, their hair shaved from ear to ear, chewing their thumbnails and chanting curses. The king raised him arms to silence them. “Kill him! Kill him!” they demanded.” ReligionCulturePeaceSlaveryEducationalAccomplishmentBrutalWarsInvadersCultural Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“Who stands before us today with a pure conscience? Have we not all, at some time, committed a crime in thought or in deed?” ReligionCultureBeliefPeaceSlaveryAccomplishmentBrutalWarsInvadersEauropean History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary
“Salvatore quickly withdrew his sword, ready to attack. Patricius held him back. “No,” he said. “Síochán. We have come in peace.” LoveWarPeaceAdventureEducationalAccomplishmentCulturalLandsEarly Century History Book:The Missionary Source: The Missionary