Quo Vadis

“I can only paint what I see, and this city is ugly.”

Nero looks more like an insecure child than a monster. He burns Rome just because he wants better scenery for his poetry.

“You are like a flame which warms and gives light.”

Vinicius starts out thinking he can just own Lygia like an object. He realizes love means losing that control entirely.

“I wished to see the sun once more.”

Petronius is the coolest character because he never tries too hard. He treats the end of his life like a dinner party invitation.

“Where there is love, there is God.”

The early Christians lived in constant fear of the lions. Yet they were the only ones in Rome who seemed truly at peace.