30 Quotes by Sarah Dunant

it is not what you do or don't do, but how convincingly you can be accused of it.

So if we could not have love, my husband and I, then at least I could have alchemy.

Family. The greatest loyalty after God.

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

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.

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.

What was once the language of secrecy is now the language of power.

She is only a young woman who did not want to become a nun. The world is full of them.

Either you’re standing under your haloes, eyes up to heaven, or you’re munching apples in their faces and flashing your bush. I’m not even sure they know which one they prefer. The best you can do is choose when you change your costume.