Shelly

“Maybe no great man is virtuous. Or good. Perhaps a man rich in those qualities by definition is barred from greatness.”
― Colleen McCullough, Masters of Rome Collection Books I - V: First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favourites, Caesar's Women, Caesar

“Desde el día en que me había marchado de Yoroido no pensaba sino en que cada vuelta de la rueda de la vida traería un nuevo obstáculo a mi paso; y, claro está, eran los obstáculos y las preocupaciones lo que le había proporcionado a mi vida su intensidad.”
― Arthur Golden

“The old man smiled. “If they could talk, these walls would tell you of battles lost and won, of fear and terror, of red fire and white light, of peace and prosperity. Aldene has a history going back centuries.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

“Inseparable as sibs—strained as a couple.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel