“He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.” — 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
