

“…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad

“we know little of the things for which we pray”
― Canterbury Tales
― Canterbury Tales

“...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid

“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms

“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
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