"So i learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it."
— Margaret George (The Memoirs of Cleopatra)

"I loved him so, even his past was precious to me. I found myself kissing each mark, thinking, I would have had it never happen, I would wish it away, taking him further and further back to a time when he had known no disappointments, no battles, no wounds, as I erased each one. To make him again like Caesarion. Yet if we take the past away from those we love - even to protect them - do we not steal their very selves?"
— Margaret George (The Memoirs of Cleopatra)