“But she stepped forward and placed a finger to his lips and there it was before him. The greatest prayer to the gods he could muster with a heart so broken.”
Source: Quintana of Charyn
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Australian teen writer 1965Related quotes

“Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.”
"The Inwardness of Non-Co-operation". Quoted in Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches (1922), p. 144 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRXCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144.
1920s

Source: The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
A god named Fred?”
Source: The Titan's Curse
“He was gone, and she was broken hearted, that was all that mattered.”