Last Act in Palmyra Quotes

“As soon as they smiled at us and said what a pleasant day it was, we knew they were bastards. [speaking of the Christians]”
― Lindsey Davis, Last Act in Palmyra

“A todos nos gusta contar con una autoridad contra la cual despotricar. No se puede culpar a la climatología de todos los males que nos agobian.”
― Lindsey Davis, Last Act in Palmyra

“The ghost accused the widow’s new husband of having murdered her old one (himself), leaving Moschion in anguish about what to do. Obviously the rest of the play concerned Moschion’s frustrated efforts to get the ghost into court as a witness.”
― Lindsey Davis, Last Act in Palmyra

“One day you will be a prim middle-rank bureaucrat who wears a clean toga every day. You’ll talk of economics over breakfast and only eat lettuce for lunch. And I’ll have to sit at home with my face in an inch-thick flour pack, forever checking laundry bills.”
I controlled a smile. “Well, that’s a relief. I thought you were going to be difficult about my plans.”
― Lindsey Davis, Last Act in Palmyra