Lofty Thoughts Quotes

“Have you been reading the letters of Rosa Luxemburg again, Donatella?’ Brunetti asked in a normal voice.
She laughed her bright laugh, a sound he delighted in hearing because to be thought clever or amusing by this woman was, to Brunetti, a jewel of great price.
‘No dear, not recently. Besides, they’re very serious and filled with lofty thoughts about the inner contradictions of capitalism, and I’m too old to enjoy reading things like that.’ She gave him a level glance as though she were testing how far she could go – the same look he had sometimes been given by her daughter – and added, ‘And too rich.’
This time it was Brunetti who laughed.”
― Donna Leon, Give Unto Others