Empress of the Seven Hills Quotes

“I gripped her, drowning, and I loved
her more than anything on this wide
green earth.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“Empresses," Vix said in disgust. "They're always trouble, the tricky bitches. Emperors might forgive you if you cross them, but never empresses.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“Be patient, and tough, he’d said with his gentle expression. Someday this pain will be useful to you.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“Seize the night; trust as little as possible in tomorrow,”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“You get in trouble no matter what you do, so you might as well do everything you can.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“Nisu uvijek najljepše djevojke one koje nas uspiju zadržati, već žene poput gospođe Kalpurnije, poput moje majke. Kada se jednom neka od tih toplih, tihih žena zaljubi u tebe, čuvaj se! Onda si gotov!”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“Fortuna’s luck to you, then.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“Trajan was a good man,’ Hadrian went on, rubbing a hand thoughtfully down the dog’s long back. ‘It’s necessary for an emperor to be a good man, if he wishes to last. Augustus knew that – a ruthless despot, really, but he calculated a very nice pose as a likeable fellow. Intelligent of him, because ruthless despots get themselves murdered – Caligula, Nero, Domitian. The good men rule long years – Vespasian, Trajan. My name will be listed with theirs. But they were good men by nature, and I am not. I know how to be cruel. I also know how to put on a good show, so few people know it. Hunting helps keep it in check; allowable bloodshed, as it were . .”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“But where did you go when your enemy was master of the world?”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“A ship to Athens and a purse to keep you there a full year,’ Titus said. It still astounded him that he could snap his fingers and dispense such sums without even blinking – that he could simply throw money at a problem until it was solved. ‘What do you have to tell me, Bassus?”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“was not good manners to roll one’s eyes, but Plotina was tempted. Didn’t the woman know how the game was played? Men bellowed laughter at parties like this one, talking so importantly in the middle of the room, thinking they were making their laws. The women walked the edges of the room, letting them have the glory. Silent and respectful, of course, as was a wife’s duty. But it was also a wife’s duty to make sure the right decisions trickled down from all that masculine furore. Did such a thing need explaining?”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“The last thing any young wife needs, Vibia Sabina, is her mother-in-law’s nose poked over her shoulder criticizing her housekeeping, her character, and her children.’ Shuddering. ‘And Empress Plotina has a very long nose.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“The gods arrange these things for a reason.’ They generally arranged things to suit Plotina, she found. And what they did not arrange, she could contrive for herself.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome

“the trouble with being a good-natured sort like me is that everybody starts expecting you to do what they want.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“No, just him, but he eats enough for five.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“To the world—because if I get to spend my life seeing it, I should spend my life improving it too, in whatever way I can. I push my limits as far as I can, get away with as much adventure as I dare, but there’s still always duty waiting.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“I love you, Vix,” she said frankly. “But whatever made you think I want to follow your stars, and not my own?”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“there isn’t much point in an adventure if you only do the fun parts, is there?”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“want to be in love as much as any girl, Vix. I just don’t want to be obligated by it.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“I believe in my stars. I’ll make them go where I want.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills

“Katkad prešuti koju istinu. Najbolje je lagati, a da zapravo ne lažeš.”
― Kate Quinn, Empress of the Seven Hills