10 Quotes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Why, you'll be 'changed, m'dear. We'll just swap you for a human child who'll make a good servant to the Band. Half Humans never work out 'mongst the Folk. No, never do.""But--I'm half Folk too... What if I never work out 'mongst the humans?""Aye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis.

You are both daring and unscrupulous, and you think fast. I have been looking for a person with those particular characteristics. Also I noticed you speak Babylonian.

Sheftu,” she whispered, “it's all over.”“Nay, little one. It's just beginning. Many things are beginning.

...The queen's mocking laughter cut in. "This is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?""Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty cannot be bought. Whatever bargain we make, Daughter of the Sun, must include her freedom.

Blue-Eyed One, never again shall you cover your shoulders. I declare your scars to be medals of gallantry great than any I could bestow, and it is my will that all the Black Land look upon them, and learn the nature of courage.

Then the stars went out, for the bark of Ra, in fiery splendor, burst out of the East. Sunshine flooded the wide desert and the long, green valley of the Nile. The night was over; a new day had dawned for the land of Egypt.

Dr. Edmonds smiled and shrugged. “It’s a bit harsh, perhaps, but Ezra Pound once said, ‘Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing; the rest is mere sheepherding.’ I think he was right. I seem to have spent my life with the sheep.

I’ll change to a dragon, then you’ll be sorry.

Aye, you’re neither one thing nor yet quite t’other. Pity, but there ’tis.