Christopher

“Priam before the altars, with his blood Drenching the fires that he himself had blessed. Those fifty bridal chambers, hope of a line So flourishing; those doorways high and proud, Adorned with takings of barbaric gold, Were all brought low: fire had them, or the Greeks." 2.654”
― Virgil, The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) [Paperback] [2003] (Author) Virgil, David West

“Follow the deer? Follow the Christ the King. Live pure, speak true,right wrong, Follow the King-- Else, wherefore born? ”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson

“What spot on earth," He said, "what region of the carth, Achates, Is not full of the story of our sorrow? Look, here is Priam. Even so far away Great valor has due honor; they weep here For how the world goes, and our life that passes Touches their hearts. Throw off your fear. This fame Insures some kind of refuge."" Line 624”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment