Top 10 Quotes by Sarah Dunant

Together he [Girolamo Savonarola] and his archenemy Lorenzo [de' Medici] would have been the stuff of gargoyles. One could almost imagine the diptych in which their profiles confronted each other, their noses as

Together he [Girolamo Savonarola] and his archenemy Lorenzo [de' Medici] would have been the stuff of gargoyles. One could almost imagine the diptych in which their profiles confronted each other, their noses as powerful as their personalities.

Sarah Dunant

Powerful, Personality, Together

Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.

Sarah Dunant

Eye, Differences, People

Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.102, Random House

I listen to people talking sometimes, that great river that is language, with all its undercurrents of grammar and nuance, and I wonder how we all learn so quickly to speak it, given that we begin when we are barely old enough to stand upright. I have no memory of finding it hard. Indeed, I have no memory of it at all.

Sarah Dunant

Memories, Talking, Rivers

Sarah Dunant (2006). “In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel”, p.264, Random House

If grace belongs to God, there are those who say that luck belongs to the Devil and that he looks after his own.

Sarah Dunant

Grace, Luck, Devil

Sarah Dunant (2006). “In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel”, p.16, Random House

The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration.

Sarah Dunant

Frustration, Boredom, Devil

Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.122, Random House

Missing rubs the soul raw.

Sarah Dunant

Missing, Soul

Sarah Dunant (2001). “Mapping the Edge: A Novel”, p.8, Random House

Obsessed? I don't know what the word means. I know there were times when I couldn't think of anything else. I used to stay in every weeknight in the hope that he might get free and call me. It felt like I had a disease I didn't want to get rid of. I suppose that's a definition of obsession, yes.

Sarah Dunant

Mean, Thinking, Disease

Sarah Dunant (2001). “Mapping the Edge: A Novel”, p.163, Random House