A.H. Septimius

Quotes

• “Educated and ambitious, with their own forthright opinions, the women of the Garvey set did more to determine political ...”
• “If their social institutions were abhorrent, their unwritten constitution bordered upon the absurd. The absolutist monar...”
• “Yet Theo had become engrossed in his own tale, transporting himself back to the night of which he spoke. In the distance...”
• “The cold surface somehow enabled him to remain calm; he kept his eyes upon the summit, awaiting the arrival of reinforce...”
• “Thirty years of marriage to Erasto had taught her much, namely that men were reckless by nature, full of bluster, most i...”
• “He returned her gaze, yearning for sentimental solace; love which emanated from a familiar source, mattered little how b...”
• “Throughout the empire, it was whispered that although the husband waded through mud, the wife walked upon water. She, it...”
• “Came they, in their droves, one after the other, hundred after hundred, thousand after thousand, engulfing all before th...”
• “The world needed gentle men to rule if the people were to live in peace, not the warmongers and conniving men she so oft...”
• “Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didn’t exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined t...”
• “Those who looked with revulsion at the oppressive might of her arms, were obliged to marvel at the egalitarian nature of...”
• “Do not try to be your father boy, it is a hopeless pursuit, particularly when you, like I, have a father of such colossa...”
• “There is no greater service than that rendered to one’s nation, no greater glory one can seek than that in the name of o...”
• “If they succeed, you will not be packed off to some idyllic farm, where you can write bad poetry, we will both be execut...”
• “What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître.”
• “History will remember him as a savage, but that's because we write the histories.”
• “What is rank if not protection from the consequences which fall upon common men?”
• “I consider my wife and children in all things; yet, I must consider Amara also.”
• “The ambition of men compels them to break even the most heartfelt vows.”
• “Everything has changed, and nothing has altered. Oh, what a fate.”
• “Seconds feel like centuries when I am not in your presence.”
• “Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.”
• “Beware the wounded lioness, for she is a natural hunter.”
• “There are no moral obligations in the game of empire.”
• “It is far too late for bloodless hands.”
• “I love you for unfathomable reasons”
• “We are just peasants with money.”
• “Even in peace there is war.”
• “Power is a beautiful thing.”
• “Crowns are hourly tumbling.”