The Beacon at Alexandria Quotes

“You are like Odysseus, who could go out onto the great sea, lose all his goods and his friends, come to the boundaries of death, and return still himself.”
― Gillian Bradshaw, The Beacon at Alexandria

“The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for Heaven.”
― Gillian Bradshaw, The Beacon at Alexandria

“¡Por Dios, Atanarico, eras tú! ¡Nunca hubo nadie aparte de ti! ¿No es evidente?”
― Gillian Bradshaw, The Beacon at Alexandria