She laughed again. “Children do love to believe such things.”
Quelle: World Without End (1995), Chapter 24 (p. 343)
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“The only thing of which we can be sure—time passes—everything else is vanity.”
Quelle: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 33 (p. 475)
Quelle: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 26 (p. 353)
Quelle: World Without End (1995), Chapter 36 (p. 517)
The prince understood what she meant. Once reason was no longer your guide, you were like a man stranded in a featureless landscape. There were no landmarks to use. One direction was as likely to yield results as any other.
Quelle: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 26 (p. 353)
“It is terrible bad luck. Owls are often augurs of death, Mr. Flattery. There is no surer sign.”
“Not even the cessation of breathing?” the viscount asked, but neither Tristam nor Beacham laughed.
Quelle: World Without End (1995), Chapter 39 (p. 557)
“We continue to negotiate the treaty, endlessly apparently, to everyone’s continuing loss.”
He smiled wryly. “You know how such things go. We no longer debate to gain real advantage but to come away from the table having created the perception that we have somehow won. ‘Politics,’ this is called.”
Quelle: World Without End (1995), Chapter 28 (p. 389)
“They say wine will kill you slowly.”
He nodded his head solemnly. “But that’s all right, we’re in no hurry.”
Quelle: World Without End (1995), Chapter 12 (p. 173)
