21 Quotes by Richard C. Morais

But this you must know: the violent murder of a mother- when a boy is at the tender age, when he is just discovering girls- it is a terrible thing. confusingly mixed up with all the things feminine, it leaves a charred residue on the soul, like the black marks found at the bottom of a burned pot. no matter how much you scrub and scrub the pot bottom with steel wool and cleansers, the scars, they are permanent

But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things

All this sea of humanity reassured me that as alien as i felt, there were always others in the world far odder than I

I miss my old life

Good taste is not the birthright of snobs, but a gift from God sometimes found in the unlikeliest of people".

For if there was one human condition that Madame Mallory understood, it was jealousy, the intense pain of realising there are those in the world who simply are greater than we are, surpassing us, in some profound way, in all our accomplishments.

When we arrived, the sun was setting, like a mango sorbet dripping over the horizon; the platinum rolls of the Mediterranean produced the soothing sound of waves thudding the cliff rocks below us.

I miss my old life.

Good taste is not the birthright of snobs, but a gift from God sometimes found in the unlikeliest of people”.