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Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman.

Roman Payne , em Rooftop Soliloquy
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They say Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. Though I have never led an army, I am a wanderer. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman.

Roman Payne , em Rooftop Soliloquy
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Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. Though I’ve never led an army, I am a wanderer. I cradle 'The Odyssey' nights while the moon is waning, as if it were the sweet body of a woman.

Roman Payne , em Rooftop Soliloquy
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.

Homer , em The Iliad
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