The Pirates of Pompeii Quotes

“The cliffs and mountains of this region were honeycombed with caves”
― Caroline Lawrence, The Pirates of Pompeii

“But I must forgive him.
Why?
Because we are told to love our enemies. Besides, until I forgive him, (said Mordecai, tapping his black-robed stomach), I carry him here, within me. And that is a terrible thing.”
― Caroline Lawrence, The Pirates of Pompeii

“When Venalicius had carried her far across the Land of Blue to the Land of Red, the only familiar thing had been the stars in the sky. At Flavia's house she had slept in the inner garden with Scuto, comforted by his furry warmth and by the familiar constellations overhead. But tonight she could see no stars. Tonight there was nothing to remind her of home and who she had been.”
― Caroline Lawrence, The Pirates of Pompeii

“As Nubia played the flute, it was if her finger tips caressed each one of those she loved, those whom she would never see again”
― Caroline Lawrence, The Pirates of Pompeii

“The sun, enormous and blood-red, began to sink into the sea. Its dying rays lit the ash-covered mountains and cove, so that the whole landscape seemed to be bathed in blood. The sky above it was livid purple, the colour of an angry bruise. There would be no stars that night”
― Caroline Lawrence, The Pirates of Pompeii

“The mountains had exploded and for three days darkness covered the land. When the sun returned at last, it was not the same golden sun which had shone down on the Roman Empire a week before. It was a counterfeit, gleaming dully in a colourless sky above a blasted world.”
― Caroline Lawrence, The Pirates of Pompeii