“Childrentheir untroubled, idyllic vision of the future is almost always shattered. Sooner or later they learn what all youth mustthat life is the cruel fate that awaits them while they make plans f...”

“Strange, is it not, how even those of us who scoff at divine intervention will fall to our knees and clasp our hands the moment we realize our futures are defined by uncertainty and hazard. A thoug...”

“He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.”

“They say in moments of great fear or desperation, a man will always make a choiceeither to flee or face his enemy, but choice requires thought, and in the moment when you know for certain that deat...”

“Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassions opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.”

“We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.”

“Why cant I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.”

“What's meant to be will always find a way”

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”

“Maybe there isnt such a thing as fate. Maybe its just the opportunities were given, and what we do with them. Im beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances dont just happen. We have to make...”