“When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, She lives most heroic, smiling… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The disappearance of the presence of beauty is the most despairing of events on this time-wheel of ours that rolls onward towards… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Life is Not a perpetual climb towards Greatness. For our family, ourselves, and friends, It is but sad Decay, so, Let every… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“A glorious death would be in my final breath to take before I die, to hear one final time on my belovèd's… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Who worries for dying? If I close my eyes tonight, I will either dream, or not, or my eyes will open and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I'm not ashamed of heroic ambitions. If man and woman can only dance upon this earth for a few countable turns of… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Whilst the wolflets bayed, A grave was made, And then with the strokes of a silver spade, It was filled to make… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I cursed myself. For once, heaven had sent me "Beauty" in its most perfected form and I abandoned it. She might not… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“This was the first time I thought of S— that day. Her music was beautiful, her voice was beautiful, her body was… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“It’s not that we have to leave this life one day, it's how many things we have to leave all at once:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I sat up in the strange bed fearing it had been a dream, afraid I would never see her again. Not because… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“She called herself an angel, and wandered the world from girlhood till death. She lived every kind of life and dreamt every… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Rest in Peace?’ Why that phrase? That’s the most ridiculous phrase I’ve ever heard! You die, and they say ‘Rest in Peace!’… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Why do we mortals wonder if it is through 'human chaos' or through 'divine perfection' when the world guides us to some… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, it’s how many things we have to quit all at once:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Wherever you go in the next catastrophé Be it sickroom, or prison, or cemet’ry Do not fear that your stay will be… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The novelist is condemned to wander all his life. Homeless and blind like Oedipus he wanders until death. And so let us… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Her body accepted my brutal seed and took it to swell within, just as the patient earth accepts a falling fruit into… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“...You see I believe in that stuff to: yoga and mystical powers. I once knew a man who could kill himself on… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“She is my morning, she is my evening; we have a love that blooms over and again, more beautifully each time than the last.… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“As I look back on my life, I think of how few rules should be followed. As for men, they must learn bravery and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The green-eyed angel came in less than a half hour and fell docile as a lamb into my arms. We kissed and caressed, I… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“When a Wanderess has been caged, Or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, and lives most heroic, When she smiles… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Champagne arrived in flûtes on trays, and we emptied them with gladness in our hearts... for when feasts are laid and classical music is… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“We look up to see if it is day or night. If stars burn cool and moon does shine, we take to smoke divine… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“We were hooked when we woke. We had arms for each other. But I yearned to resume My dreams of another.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“We made love outdoors Without a roof, I like most, Without stove, to make love, assuming the weather be fair and balmy, and the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
