Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

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.”