Colleen McCullough Quotes

Tất nhiên, người ta cho rằng khán giả vẫn thấy rõ toàn cảnh của một vở diễn hơn là diễn viên

A woman can live without it quite well for years at a stretch, but it was nice, when it was the one man.

distinguished his garb from that of his sons, Sextus and Gaius, who wore ordinary shoes,

Her tears were blinding her, the grief in her heart new, for until now she had never owned anything worth grieving for.

But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know...we understand...and still we do it. Still we do it.

orgy of sampling Europe’s charms, she never went back, and that was strange. In his experience people always

There is something terribly reassuring about being in politics to enrich oneself. It’s normal. It’s human. It’s forgivable. It’s understandable. The ones to watch are the ones who are in politics to change the world. They do the real damage, the power-men and the altruists. It isn’t healthy to think about other people ahead of oneself. Other people are not as deserving. Did I tell you I was a Skeptic?

В началото на всеки ден той си налагал да не умре и в края на деня се смеел победоносно, установявайки, че е още жив

You say you love me, but you have no idea what love is; you're just mouthing words you've memorized because you think they sound good!

Caesar’s kindnesses are conscious, done for Caesar’s benefit, and Caesar no longer sees the world as a place wherein magical things can occur. Because they can’t. Men and women ruin it with their impulses, desires, thoughtlessness, lack of intelligence and cupidity.

They didn’t like company in grief; they preferred to be alone with their pain.

He said, “No one else can ever feel your pain.”
One corner of her mouth lifted in a stern smile. “Yes. That’s a
comfort, isn’t it? It may not be enviable, but my pain is mine.

"... Your questions, Captain Delmonico, go beyond the limits of acceptable behavior! I intend to report you to everyone in a position to discipline you, is that understood?" He was beginning to splutter. "You're a-a-Gestapo inquisitor!"

"Mr. Smith," Carmine said gently, "a policeman investigating murder uses many techniques to obtain information, but more than that, he also uses them to learn in the small amount of time at his disposal what kind of person he's questioning. During our first interview you were rude and overbearing, which leaves me free to tread heavily on your toes, even though your toes are sheathed in handmade shoes. You imply that you have the power to see me - er - 'disciplined', but I must tell you that no one in authority will take any notice of your complaints, because those in authority all know me. I have earned my status, not bought it. Murder means that everything in your life is my business until I remove you from my list of suspects. Is that clear?"

"I have discovered," he said to Charles Dewy, "that when a man marries, peace of mind and freedom go out of the window."
"Well, old boy," said Charles comfortably, "that's the price we have to pay for having company in our old age and for ensuring that we have heirs to follow us."

The feeling of coming home, when she didn’t want to come home any more than she wanted the liability of love.