Of all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just a general of forgotten battles compared with the queen who paid for Shakespeare's meals and beer in the tavern. The statesman who in his time freed the slaves, even he has a few enemies in posterity, whereas the literary patron has none. We thank Gaius Maecenas for the nobility of soul we attribute to Virgil; but he isn’t blamed for the selfishness and egocentricity that the poet possessed. The patron creates 'literature through altruism,' something not even the greatest genius can do with a pen.

~ Roman Payne

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Death's brother, sleep.

~ Virgil

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Facilis descensus Averno:Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras,Hoc opus, hic labor est.(The gates of Hell are open night and day;Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:But to return, and view the cheerful skies,In this task and mighty labor lies.)

~ Virgil

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Each of us bears his own Hell.

~ Virgil

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the dank night is sweeping down from the skyand the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.

~ Virgil

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The signs of the old flame, I know them well.I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me downor the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades,the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night,before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.

~ Virgil

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..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

~ Virgil

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Somehow my soul remembers it all, hers doesn't.

~ Hope Irving

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Gifted Deirdre cast the spell that enabled our souls to eventually be reunited. She couldn't bear for us to be apart, and neither could I.

~ Hope Irving

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To ensure the fairytale ends well, I will stand by her side until she trusts me.

~ Hope Irving

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There is no way to find a logical way to deal with this when logic isn't involved.

~ Hope Irving

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