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“Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassion’s opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.”

Compassion Cruelty Indifference Rome

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.”

Love Dying Memory Life And Death Love And Loss Love And Dying Love And Memory Love And Remembrance

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“Yes, I have a romantic nature; it is a character flaw which should be viewed with pity, not derision.”

Romance Romantic

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments.”

Disappointment Life Lesson Moderation Setting Goals

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“It is laughable how often good manners interfere with my survival.”

Survival Manners Etiquette Good Manners

Book:The Other Alexander

Source: The Other Alexander

“Alone with my wine and my misery, I was convinced that life was composed of a string of “if only’s” leading from one self-inflicted bungle to the next until at some point, one’s final iteration of the excuse became one’s final utterance, and one expired.”

Life Lessons Life Philosophy Non Inspiration

Book:The Other Alexander

Source: The Other Alexander

“We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.”

War Kindness Mercy

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“Why must there always be a price to pay for every indulgence, and why must it so often be withdrawn from the bankrupt accounts of the innocent?”

Innocent Indulgence Taking Advantage Bankrupt

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“Why can’t I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.”

Fate Two Sides Comeuppance Two Sides To The Story

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“You Romans wash too much to be true men. Washing is for women, to clean our breeches and our vests. And even they barely let their toes touch the stream! Hah!”

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“We often find ourselves at ease with that with which we are most familiar, regardless of whether or not the trait serves us well in the end. Is that not yet another example of how we enslave ourselves?”

Habit Familiarity Enslavement Rut

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“Oh, I take your meaning now, Marcus,” he said, as if comprehension had just dawned. “You would have me harken back to a time when the outcome of a contest was not known until after the voting. How nostalgic.”

Politics Corruption Political Corruption

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness

“Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!”

Lying Unintended Consequences Perfidy

Book:A Mixture of Madness

Source: A Mixture of Madness