“No woman who builds a career on hard work and talent will ever compliment a much younger one who uses the shallow gift of her looks.” — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“Once you permit individuals to maneuver in secret, unasked, and for their own purposes, there is chaos.” — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
A good bathe when you really need it can get you over almost anything. — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“We marched him to the turfy shack where he lived with his parents and while the youth sulked Petronius Longus put the whole moral… — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return. — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you run away by yourself purely so someone who cares will come to find you. Half the time nobody does. That's the tragedy… — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“I would rather see Rome ruled by a man who once had to ask his accountant tricky questions before his steward could pay the… — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“Afterwards, sometimes she dared to remember being in his arms. How, after only clumsy couplings with others, she and this man had straightaway come… — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“It struck me there might be a reason why Helena Justina whipped along at such a cracking pace: she did not want to be… — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes information you barely noticed consciously comes back to you of its own accord.” — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
“I had been right in the first place. Getting involved with politicians is complete stupidity.” — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
