" He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.’” “Aristotle?” ventured Oliver, not recognizing the words. “Sophocles, dear boy,” Hillshore had said with an amused shake of his head. “Ah, you always did have a fondness for the Greek tragedians.” “The benefits of a classical education, Oliver.” “I’ll see your Sophocles and raise you a Heraclitus,” said Oliver. “‘I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. "

― Graham McNeill , Bones of the Yopasi (Dark Waters #2)