Quote by Honoré de Balzac

“Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It…

— Roberto Bolaño

“Congratulations, ladies.” His smile faded, and his next words were like a dagger of ice down my spine. “You are now the property of…

— Lesley Livingston

Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

— Joseph Heller

“Augustus half smiled. "Because you're beautiful, I enjoy looking at beaufitul people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler…

— John Green

“In Rome, a woman’s power, however circumspectly exercised, arouses revulsion. Every death in my family circle has been laid at my door.”

— Phyllis T. Smith

“I hope for a light grief in old age. I was born in Rome and it has returned to me. My autumn was a…

— Anonymous

“Her smile, though, no, it was her laugh, a dusky, deep cascading laughter that caught the joy, implied and mocked the sorrow in every…

— Lucia Berlin

“She was always kind of sad, even when she smiled.”

— Ann Hood

“What kind of moron wants to be a gladiator?”

— Kate Quinn

“She was living in a time when historically it was permissible to smile like that above the face of someone who had died a…

— Ali Smith

“The enchantment of that bright, sad, pretty place enveloped her and she found that, against all her expectations, she was happy there.”

— Angela Carter