In an empire as unruly as Rome, it is quite easy to get away with something as thespian as murder.

They say the eyes are the apertures to the soul. If that is so, I feared Locusta's soul was far darker than even Nero's.

Even freed men will do what they must in Rome.

It was no wonder they thought us to be immortal––our nightly celebrations put Olympus to shame.

They think they are invincible. But, the truth is, Nova––gods fall just as hard as mortals. The only difference is... gods do not see the fall coming until it is too late.

Not much in the world ends up being the same as it started out, unless of course it had a very short life cycle.

The only way to find peace is to face the unknown and trust that God has heard your tears.

I love zombies. If any monster could Riverdance, it would be zombies.

Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth.

The normal economic system works itself.

There is nothing more nervous than a million dollars - it moves very fast, and it doesn't speak any language.

It's just as easy to be happy with a lot of money as with a little.

Nothing is really beautiful but truth, and truth alone is lovely.

Thanks to photography, the eye grew accustomed to anticipate what it should see and to see it; and it learned not to see nonexistent things which, hitherto, it had seen so clearly.

There are 365 "fear nots" in the Bible. One for every day of the year. Today I will fear not.