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“The years merge: my memory forms but a single fresco whereon are crowded the events and travels of several seasons.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“And people always think there’s hope, even when they’re standing over an open grave.”
― Life with a Star
― Life with a Star
“…there is always a day when Atlas ceases to support the weight of the heavens, and his revolt shakes the earth.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“I often think of the library established by Plotina in Trajan’s Forum, with that noble inscription placed by her order over its door: Dispensary to the Soul.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“I looked into the darkness. I knew that in my street, on the outskirts of the city, no procession would ever march by. There were no stars in the sky, but a fine rain was falling. I heard its fall as a quiet rustle, like the turning pages of a book. Perhaps it was a hand running along a table covered by a green cloth with a leaf design; perhaps it was the rustle of those leaves being touched that I heard. Perhaps Death too has a friendly, kind voice and perhaps she too caresses one’s hair with her hard, callused hand.”
― Life with a Star
― Life with a Star
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