“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.”

“Poetry is the insistent roaring of the human soul.”

“History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.”

“A man's destiny is not written in stone, but in water.”

“And nothing holds more glorythan in dying for Love or Liberty.”

“His is a poetry devoid of any poetry.”

“In the distance I hear a song - a simple song - a song of despair - a song of longing and a song of sorrow.I have forgotten the words and the rhythm, but I sing.Yes, I sing.”