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

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.

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

Even freed men will do what they must in Rome.

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.

By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

We always become like the one we worship!

I barely notice colors unless I taste them. Not the yellows or the greens. I taste the deeper blues. The darker reds.

Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national characteristics.

A bad ending follows a bad beginning.

I like to make sure that I'm believable. If I don't believe me, then there's a lot of people that don't believe me, but if I can believe that I'm doing it, then I know the audience will, too.

God forever geometrizes.

Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't done anything that bad.

The Lord has given an overcoming victory to every person who is born again.