“Wanderess, Wanderess, weave us a story of seduction and ruse. Heroic be the Wanderess, the world be her muse.' ...I jot this… — Roman Payne Cold morning Copy Share Image
“POEM FOR SOUKAÏNA” **** To tell of my new Moroccan Love, Ô, I court her everyday. But just as a pearl in… — Roman Payne Arabic Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen knives pierce the chest, Children dying in the road Crawling things hooked and baited, Rapists bound and then castrated, Villains… — Roman Payne Aesthetic beauty Copy Share Image
“In general I strive for greatness and rational achievement, but I admit to you I’ve a terrible fondness for women, a tendency… — Roman Payne Drugs Copy Share Image
“In the boundaryless forests, there’re dancers of nude. Yet in the confines of pasture, there’s promise of food. On which is your… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I saw this moment as attached by threads to eternity and woven between all the other braided moments of my past and… — Roman Payne Eternity Copy Share Image
“When she was a child, my love carried a road-map in her hand the way other girls carried handkerchiefs.” — Roman Payne Children Copy Share Image
“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” — Roman Payne Adventure Copy Share Image
“Sexual frenzy is our compensation for the tedious moments we must suffer in the passage of life. 'Nothing in excess,' professed the… — Roman Payne Ancient greece 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 Angel Copy Share Image
“The day came when she discovered sex, sensuality, and literature; she said, 'I submit! Let my life be henceforth ruled by poetry.… — Roman Payne Bildungsroman Copy Share Image
“I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets.” — Roman Payne Books Copy Share Image
“What a face this girl possessed!—Could I neither die then nor gaze at her face every day, I would need to recreate… — Roman Payne Art Copy Share Image
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to… — Roman Payne Female empowerment Copy Share Image
“Our lips were for each other and our eyes were full of dreams. We knew nothing of travel and we knew nothing… — Roman Payne Adam and eve Copy Share Image
“Without knowing why or how, I found myself in love with this strange Wanderess. Maybe I was just in love with the… — Roman Payne Ageing Copy Share Image
“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.” — Roman Payne Dream Copy Share Image
“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might… — Roman Payne Cities Copy Share Image
“We rode the basement trains all night, speeding through the subterrains. I held her chin in the cup of my hand and… — Roman Payne Beauty Copy Share Image
“Those things: Mystery, Fate, and Enchantment... they are things that young people offer us as soon as we get close to them.… — Roman Payne Destiny Copy Share Image
“As I look back on my life, I think of how few rules should be followed. As for men, we must learn… — Roman Payne Beauty 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 Afraid 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 Adventures Copy Share Image