59 Quotes by Iain Pears

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him to know, and is thus seduced into believing almost anything.

Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing.

Rosie digested the information, but not the cake. Her mother was strict about eating between meals. ‘A fat girl will never find a good man, Rosie,’ was her view, handed down to her by Great-aunt Jessie, a woman of many cliches.

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.