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Given this conjunction of circumstances, it is little wonder that the story of the last centuries of Roman power is a long tale of pestilence.
“Perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad.”
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“Of supreme importance is the fact that failure of morale is more likely to occur among those who have lived softly than among people who have known hardship throughout their lives.”
― Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
― Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
“Messy love is better than none,
I guess. I am no authority
on sane living.”
― Morning in the Burned House: Poems
I guess. I am no authority
on sane living.”
― Morning in the Burned House: Poems
“She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile net of music, love and flowers, but, at each departure, he would break forth without, it seemed to her, the least regret.”
― Night Flight
― Night Flight
“In the early days of Greek legend the god Apollo killed a venomous snake, a symbol of disease. By this act he became regarded not only as the god of health but also as the bringer of pestilence which he visited on mortals by his arrows. He must therefore be both worshipped and placated.”
― Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
― Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
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