Amateur-detective Quote by David Wishart

“For God’s sake, man,” Ovid nearly shouted, “the damn globe is catching fire, and the islands are drowning. The evidence is staring them in…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Odysseus, son of Laertes, the great traveller, prince of wiles and tricks and a thousand ways. He showed me his scars, and in return…

— Madeline Miller

“This is no laughing matter, the man is also a close relation to the Emperor." "How close?" "I believe they are already drawing lots…

— Sabrina Zbasnik

“And according to her dagger, that crazy teddy-bear-strangling kid, Octavian, was whipping the Romans into a war frenzy.”

— Rick Riordan

“Odysseus and his soldiers to certain destruction. Odysseus”

— Julie Garwood

“He would go east and fight the emperor’s wars, carrying out the bloody business of larger countries eating up the littler ones. It wasn’t…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“When the Persians finally overran the Spartans, I looked over at Augustus again. Even though the good guys had just lost, Augustus seemed downright”

— John Green

“I called Isaac, who cursed life and the universe and God Himself and who said where are the goddamned trophies to break when you…

— John Green

“According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did not for a moment waiver in…

— John Green

“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary…

— Carl Sagan

And Vishous. . . V was the worst of them. He stood by the door, staring into space. Icy before, he was glacial now,…

— J.R. Ward