“In your life you will lose many people that you love, my son. When that time comes, you may find it easier to distance yourself from friends, family, and loved ones. You may even convince yourself the distance is for your own protection. But here is my advice to you. Are you listening?” Of course I was. He was my father, the great conqueror of three continents and an ocean. “Keep them close. For there is nothing greater than friends and family, Sextus. The world may turn it’s back on you, Rome may desert you, but loved ones are more valuable than all the treasure of Eastern kings combined.”
Robert Allen Johnson 