Roman Payne Quotes

A collection of quotes by Roman Payne.

Roman Payne is a contemporary American author known for his novels and poetry. Born in 1977, he has lived in various countries, including France, Italy, and Spain, where he has drawn inspiration for his writing. Payne's works often explore themes of love, adventure, and the human spirit, infused with a romantic and lyrical style. Some of his notable works include "The Wanderess" and "Cities & Countries," which have gained a dedicated following. Payne's distinct storytelling and poetic language have established him as a prominent voice in modern literature.

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My Love wakes in a puddle of sunlight.Her hands asleep beside her.Her hair draped on the lawnlike a mantle of cloth.I give her my troth, for our love is wholeI sing her beauty in my soul

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I sat up in the strange bed fearing it had been a dream, afraid I would never see her again. Not because I wanted anything from her, only her presence. The disappearance of the presence of beauty is the most despairing of events on this time-wheel of ours that rolls onward towards death.

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With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could be made / in the state governed by both Hope and Despair.

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She wakes in a puddle of sunlight.Her hands asleep beside her.Her hair draped on the lawnlike a mantle of cloth.I give her my trothfor our love is whole;her breath is my wine,her scent is my soul.

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A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a

A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite of passion.

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Fortune's fool! How we humans lie upon beauty like lizards upon a sun-baked rock.

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Her body accepted my brutal seed and took it to swell within

Her body accepted my brutal seed and took it to swell within, just as the patient earth accepts a falling fruit into its tender soil to cradle and nourish it to grow. Came a time, just springtime last, our infant child pushed through the fragile barrier of her womb. Her legs branched out, just as the wood branches out from these eternal trees around us; but she was not hardy as they. My wife groaned with blood and ceased to breathe. Aye!, a scornful eve that bred the kind of pain only a god can withstand.

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