Donna Leon > Quotes

“Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...”
― Donna Leon, Death and Judgment

“How beautiful, the grace of women; how soft their charity.”
― Donna Leon, Dressed for Death

“Oh, so seldom does fate cast our enemy into our hands, to do with as we will”
― Donna Leon, Acqua Alta

“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered man who gave every appearance of speaking Italian reluctantly, who was only too glad to lapse into their common dialect, a linguistic change that often carried its speakers along to unconscious revelation. ”
― Donna Leon, Death and Judgment