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Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy
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Quotes
- “Fueled by my inspiration, I ran across the room to steal the cup of coffee the bookshelf had taken prisoner. Lapping the...”
- “So the nymphs they spoke,we kissed and laid.By noontime’s hourour love was made.Like braided chains of crocus stems,we l...”
- “It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: music, laughter,t...”
- “There are hours for rest, and hours for wakefulness; nights for sobriety and nights for drunkenness—(if only so that pos...”
- “I'm not ashamed of heroic ambitions. If man and woman can only dance upon this earth for a few countable turns of the su...”
- “Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; yet they never h...”
- “Rich will be my life if I can keep my memories full and brimming, and record them on clear-eyed mornings while I set joy...”
- “I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets.”
- “Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.”