Shoulder the Sky Quotes

“Friendship eased the heart and the mind, but there were times when the touch of arms around you healed an ache within that nothing else reached.”
― Anne Perry, Shoulder the Sky

“In working with the wounded at Gallipoli, the lead character comments, “Perhaps life was the nightmare and death the awakening.”
― Anne Perry, Shoulder the Sky

“Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge.”
― Anne Perry, Shoulder the Sky

“People use religion as a justification for what they wanted to do anyway. It isn’t the cause, it’s only the excuse.”
― Anne Perry, Shoulder the Sky

“Oi didn't loike that bloke, Captain. Bastard, 'e were, but Oi s'pose rules is for them yer don't loike. Yer won't 'urt them as yer do. In't that what God's about, been fair to them as rubs your coat all the wrong way?”
― Anne Perry, Shoulder the Sky

“I daresay in a way he deserved it," Joseph agreed with reluctance. But which of us can afford what we deserve? I need better, don't you?”
― Anne Perry, Shoulder the Sky