Quotes by Roman Payne, The Wanderess

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“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.”
— Roman Payne, The Wanderess
errant exploration exploring instability

“What a face this girl possessed!could I not gaze at it every day I would need to recreate it through painting, sculpture, or fatherhood until a second such face is born.”
— Roman Payne, The Wanderess
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“A girl without braidsis like a city without bridges.”
— Roman Payne, The Wanderess
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“Opium: that terrible truth serum. Dark secrets guarded for a lifetime can be divulged with carefree folly after a sip of the black smoke.”
— Roman Payne, The Wanderess
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“I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind to sober pasture, just as it had for Saint Augustine. I longed for the day when the ...”
— Roman Payne, The Wanderess
excerpts healthy-living hope monogamy