“I think about that centurion from time to time and wonder, had he retired to a farm in Campagna, happy with his harvest of grapes and grandchildren, or had he fallen amongst his comrades on some distant, ruined field, defending… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“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… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“You Romans wash too much to be true men. Washing is for women, to clean our breeches and our vests. And even they barely… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“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… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“You’d be surprised what people will accept once you insist two or three times running that they have seen what you tell them they… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“We often find ourselves at ease with that with which we are most familiar, regardless of whether or not the trait serves us well… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“Children—their untroubled, idyllic vision of the future is almost always shattered. Sooner or later they learn what all youth must—that life is the cruel… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“One has to be at least as ancient as I am now to see that if you try to make sense of life, if… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“King Abgarus asked, “If I may, general, what weapon do you prefer?” Crassus took no more than a moment to answer. “Overwhelming odds.” — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“Illicit sex, Marcus, drives at least half the decisions of the modern world, wouldn’t you agree?” — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“Oh, I take your meaning now, Marcus,” he said, as if comprehension had just dawned. “You would have me harken back to a time… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“If you arrive for a meeting with a man you do not trust, and the man you do not trust does not arrive, do… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
