A Favourite of the Gods Quotes

“Flavia said: "How is one to live - if every step leads to another?"
"Like that," said Constanza.”
― Sybille Bedford, A Favourite of the Gods

“Hate is nothing, even in politics, hate is only temper and unhappiness; it’s an accident. It is stupid and unkind to let it overtake one.”
― Sybille Bedford, A Favourite of the Gods

“Mama, unforgivingness breeds war; exploited resentment, treasured grievances. If we don’t learn to forget a wrong no sooner than it’s done or said, if we don’t all of us—privately and collectively—draw a line below the past every day of our lives, we’re going to be sunk. We are sunk.”
― Sybille Bedford, A Favourite of the Gods