179 Quotes by Mary Doria Russell

Its not lying, it’s remembering things the way they should have been.

Jimmy was no fool but he’d been well loved by good parents and well taught by good teachers, and those two facts accounted for the habit of obedience that mystified and enraged Peggy Soong. Over and over in his life, authority had proven correct and the decisions of his parents and teachers and bosses made sense to him eventually.

When she finished, no one clapped or even breathed, for they were still inside that sacred place that music can sometimes create.

The poor you will always have with you,′ Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?

Whatever you worship will consume you, Dong-Sing wrote one week. Bob Wright worships money. Wyatt Earp worships justice. Eddie Foy worships applause. Doc worships home and family, as I do. How will this consume us?

I’ll take honest arrogance over fake humility any day.

Choose your enemies wisely, for you will become them.

Raise your sights, sugar. Aim low all you’ll hit is rats, snakes and rock bottom” from Epitaph.

Lemme tell ya something, sweetface. I have been married at least four times, to four different men.” She watched him chew that over for a moment before continuing, “They’ve all been named George Edwards but, believe me, the man who is waiting for me down the hall is a whole different animal from the boy I married, back before there was dirt.