quotes by Donna Leon

"How beautiful, the grace of women; how soft their charity."
— Donna Leon (Dressed for Death)

"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)

"Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ..."
— Donna Leon (Death and Judgment)