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“When my namesake, the great Caesar, rode in triumph,” Julius said, “he was accompanied by a slave whose role was to whisper to him, You are but mortal. To remind him he was merely a man who would one day die like any other. If I could, I should have you at my side to remind me that I am alive, because I have not felt alive in so damned long, and with you, I do. No, I don’t want you to marry, any more than I want you to return to your dirty democrats. I want to show you the world, and see you smile, and keep you with me while my soul grows back.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“He was one of those people who constantly seems to be having a conversation with someone other than the person he’s actually talking to—presumably someone much more politically committed. And interested.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes

“He threw a fireball at me. I threw a chimney stack at him - that's the London way.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“Learn something. Read a book. Explore someone. Anger is just a hole where your life could be.”
― Garrett Leigh, Misfits