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Donna Leon quotes: I've always liked it about the Greeks that they kept the violence off the stage.

I've always liked it about the Greeks that they kept the violence off the stage.

Donna Leon quotes: How beautiful, the grace of women; how soft their charity.

How beautiful, the grace of women; how soft their charity.

Donna Leon quotes: I think reading a translation is an act of faith.

I think reading a translation is an act of faith.

Donna Leon quotes: Oh, so seldom does fate cast our enemy into our hands, to do with as we will

Oh, so seldom does fate cast our enemy into our hands, to do with as we will

Donna Leon quotes: Hic scientia finit: Knowledge Stops Here.

Hic scientia finit: Knowledge Stops Here.

Donna Leon quotes: If anything, the spirit that drove him now was fiercer, but there was no denying the diminishing powers of his body. He

If anything, the spirit that drove him now was fiercer, but there was no denying the diminishing powers of his body. He

Donna Leon quotes: So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

Donna Leon quotes: Lampedusa had it right - things had to seem to change so that things could remain the same.

Lampedusa had it right - things had to seem to change so that things could remain the same.

Donna Leon quotes: I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.

I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.

Donna Leon quotes: Perception of personal danger very often set people on the path of virtue.

Perception of personal danger very often set people on the path of virtue.

Donna Leon quotes: Why are other people's prejudices so strange, while our own are so thought-out and reasonable?

Why are other people's prejudices so strange, while our own are so thought-out and reasonable?

Donna Leon quotes: locked his fingers on the arm of his

locked his fingers on the arm of his

Donna Leon quotes: Favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people.

Favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people.

Donna Leon quotes: His clothing marked him as Italian. The cadence of his speech announced that he was Venetian. His eyes were all policeman.

His clothing marked him as Italian. The cadence of his speech announced that he was Venetian. His eyes were all policeman.

Donna Leon quotes: Though everyone in the bar knew who he was, no one asked him about the death, though one old man did rustle his newspaper suggestively.

Though everyone in the bar knew who he was, no one asked him about the death, though one old man did rustle his newspaper suggestively.

Donna Leon quotes: And that, Brunetti realized, was beginning to interest him a great deal, for the answer to his death must lie there, as it always did. Santore

And that, Brunetti realized, was beginning to interest him a great deal, for the answer to his death must lie there, as it always did. Santore

Donna Leon quotes: My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.

My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.

Donna Leon quotes: She became his Ariadne, leading him through the labyrinth of books, stopping now and then to pass another one to him.

She became his Ariadne, leading him through the labyrinth of books, stopping now and then to pass another one to him.

Donna Leon quotes: the warmth and smell he associated with

the warmth and smell he associated with

Donna Leon quotes: If you work with only your body, all you'll do is work for enough to eat.

If you work with only your body, all you'll do is work for enough to eat.

Donna Leon quotes: Belief that heresy was a form of intellectual stubbornness, the refusal to abandon a mistaken idea. In

Belief that heresy was a form of intellectual stubbornness, the refusal to abandon a mistaken idea. In

Donna Leon quotes: I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not.

I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not.

Donna Leon quotes: Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

Donna Leon quotes: Love trumped principle. Paola tossed out these things

Love trumped principle. Paola tossed out these things

Donna Leon quotes: Brunetti remembered when they found themselves with an excessive catch, they chose to give it away, rather than watch it rot.

Brunetti remembered when they found themselves with an excessive catch, they chose to give it away, rather than watch it rot.

Donna Leon quotes: The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters.

The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters.

Donna Leon quotes: I've been thinking that of late - she said. - Thinking what? - That the world of Henry James is becoming very small for me.

I've been thinking that of late - she said. - Thinking what? - That the world of Henry James is becoming very small for me.

Donna Leon quotes: I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.

I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.

Donna Leon quotes: A man without a sense of fashion is a man without a soul.

A man without a sense of fashion is a man without a soul.

Donna Leon quotes: He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read.- Guido Brunetti

He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read.
- Guido Brunetti

Donna Leon quotes: I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

Donna Leon quotes: Brunetti had long been of the opinion that one of the handicaps of stupidity was its inability to imagine intelligence.

Brunetti had long been of the opinion that one of the handicaps of stupidity was its inability to imagine intelligence.

Donna Leon quotes: That's probably because they said a lot of other things, as well.

That's probably because they said a lot of other things, as well.

Donna Leon quotes: When scores of indicted criminals sit in parliament who could believe in the rule of law ...

When scores of indicted criminals sit in parliament who could believe in the rule of law ...

Donna Leon quotes: when children loved you, you knew everything, and when they were angry with you, you knew nothing?

when children loved you, you knew everything, and when they were angry with you, you knew nothing?

Donna Leon quotes: All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.

All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.

Donna Leon quotes: Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...

Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...

Donna Leon quotes: Most people - however much they might deny it - had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.

Most people - however much they might deny it - had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.

Donna Leon quotes: Logic was my favorite class in school. I like it because it's a way to see HOW what someone says is nonsense.

Logic was my favorite class in school. I like it because it's a way to see HOW what someone says is nonsense.

Donna Leon quotes: This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ?

This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ?

Donna Leon quotes: South.'But no name?,'No, Guido. But I'll keep

South.
'But no name?,
'No, Guido. But I'll keep

Donna Leon quotes: Roberta Marieschi

Roberta Marieschi

Donna Leon quotes: Guilo, although a lawyer, never lied; at least not to his friends.

Guilo, although a lawyer, never lied; at least not to his friends.

Donna Leon quotes: I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.

I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.

Donna Leon quotes: I don't go to the movies because I don't like films.

I don't go to the movies because I don't like films.

Donna Leon quotes: Sit around the bars, talked to people, ate in the restaurants, and chatted with the old ladies on the street. Fishermen are pretty much that way.

Sit around the bars, talked to people, ate in the restaurants, and chatted with the old ladies on the street. Fishermen are pretty much that way.

Donna Leon quotes: I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

Donna Leon quotes: am, as an English poet says in an entirely different context, 'as free as the road, as loose as the wind.'" Brunetti

am, as an English poet says in an entirely different context, 'as free as the road, as loose as the wind.'" Brunetti

Donna Leon quotes: with renewing his offer of

with renewing his offer of

Donna Leon quotes: The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

Donna Leon quotes: She believed that books served as a mirror of the person who accumulated them.

She believed that books served as a mirror of the person who accumulated them.

Donna Leon quotes: Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he'd managed to create his own, different from ours, better.

Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he'd managed to create his own, different from ours, better.

Donna Leon quotes: I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.

I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.

Donna Leon quotes: She stood motionless like that for

She stood motionless like that for

Donna Leon quotes: hard on a curve and lost control of the

hard on a curve and lost control of the

Donna Leon quotes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Donna Leon quotes: Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her.

Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her.

Donna Leon quotes: You know, Guido, at times I find it difficult to believe you do the sort of work you do. (Medical examiner's view of Commissario Guido Brunetti)

You know, Guido, at times I find it difficult to believe you do the sort of work you do. (Medical examiner's view of Commissario Guido Brunetti)

Donna Leon quotes: I love music. But I've never owned a TV in my adult life, and I've never lived in a place with a television.

I love music. But I've never owned a TV in my adult life, and I've never lived in a place with a television.

Donna Leon quotes: Well, I don't believe it any more, none of it: I have no faith and I have no hope.' Though

Well, I don't believe it any more, none of it: I have no faith and I have no hope.' Though

Donna Leon quotes: And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?""Can you think of a better way to tell?

And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?"
"Can you think of a better way to tell?

Donna Leon quotes: I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.