"Them that die will be the lucky ones!"

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."

"Galba... a miserable sort of man... bisexual... fancied mature slaves, especially if they had been a little…"

"What's this? Am I falling? My legs are giving way under me," he thought, and fell on his back. He opened hi…"

"The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and …"

"Perhaps I am like Carrie Jensen, the sister of one of my hired men. She had never been out of the cornfield…"

"Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu — and they do not always employ …"