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“In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.”

Quote by Steven Saylor

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Steven Saylor, born on March 23, 1956, is a renowned American historical fiction author. His works, set in ancient Rome, blend historical facts with suspenseful elements, and have won the hearts of many readers. more

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“When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius Tullius. Tarquinius the Proud was to be the last, the very last, cast out and replaced forever by something called a republic. A mockery! A mistake! An experiment that failed! Today is the republic’s final day. Tomorrow, men will shout in the Forum, ‘All hail King Coriolanus!”

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Book:Roma: A Novel of Ancient Rome

Source: Roma: A Novel of Ancient Rome

“There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one to meet, no duties, no obligations. I had nothing to do and a thousand nameless, sun-drenched streets to do it in.”

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“Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.”

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“We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into someone else’s skin, so to speak. That’s why we read novels, and also why we write them - to experience more life, through imagination.”

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“Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on madness.”

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“Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of his subject, but all the contradictions within, and lets the reader draw his own conclusions.”

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“Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.”

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“Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and as far afield as the Great Wall of China. With the restless curiosity and meticulous scholarship that have become her hallmark, the author once again has found a gap in my bookshelf and filled it, admirably.”

“As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.”

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