#alexander

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#an-essay-on-criticism #art #genius #music #poet

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

#classics #dreams #greek #heroism #homer

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

#army #dreams #heroism #sleep #the-iliad

Don Quixote is not an imaginary person; he is as real as Alexander the Great. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#don-quixote #imaginary #imagination #literature #real

Tell me something good about your life," I whispered, needing to hear that he wasn't as broken as I thought him to be. Peter breathed into the handset for about two minutes. I began wondering if he was about to hang up, or had fallen asleep, when he answered. "You." It was so quiet I almost didn't hear it. And then he hung up before I could ask him to repeat himself. I fell asleep, grinning, with the phone still clutched in my hand and my milk souring on the coffee table. ↗

— Dani Alexander

#gay #gay-romance #glbt #m-m-romance #shattered-glass

I want a relationship I can finally sink my teeth into." -Alexander Sterling ↗

— Ellen Schreiber

#love #relationship #vampire-kisses #love

Bone Daddy. That's what they called him. A walking talking well-hung pleasure factory who, with a few easy orgasms, could bring you whatever your heart desired. Your boyfriend would propose, your boss would give you a raise. Rumor had it he could heal your scars, inside and out. If you satisfied his lust. ↗

— R.G. Alexander

#possess-me #r-g-alexander #tempt-me #voodoo #erotic-romance

They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise. ↗

— Arrian

#alexander #almost #any #close #cruise

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that! ↗

— Kathy Bates

#also #any #better #get #jack

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#because #brought #cancer #definitely #factor