distinguished his garb from that of his sons, Sextus and Gaius, who wore ordinary shoes, - Colleen McCullough

Às vezes a distância não conta, pensou, às vezes reduz-se ao silêncio breve que espaça as batidas de um coração.

Сълзитe я заслепяваха, сърцето й бе свито от непозната до сега болка, защото никога преди не бе притежавала нещо, заради което да тъгува

Later on after the war was over the women were to find this constantly; the men who had actually been in the thick of battle never opened their mouths about it, refused to join the ex-soldiers’ clubs and leagues, wanted nothing to do with institutions perpetuating the memory of war.