The Silver Pigs Quotes

“I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps. If they start out with nothing I tend to get depressed because either they have just stripped off for someone else or, in my line of work, they are usually dead.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“Some men are born lucky. Others are born Marcus Didius Falco.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“It struck me there might be a reason why Helena Justina whipped along at such a cracking pace: she did not want to be stuck in the wilderness with my corpse. I thanked Jove for her ruthless good sense. I did not want my corpse to be stuck with her in any case.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“You know nothing about me, Falco," she muttered in a low voice.

I whipped back, more intensely than I meant, "But oh my soul, I wanted to find out!”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“Falco readers are, I must say, the most strikingly nice group of people.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“Los banquetes de Vespasiano eran realmente chapados a la antigua. Las camareras se dejaban la ropa puesta y el emperador jamás envenenaba los alimentos.”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs

“Aprender una lengua extraña: asimilas nociones de gramática, vocabulario básico y un acento espantoso que apenas sirve para que te entiendan. Te esfuerzas durante años y de repente, sin saber por qué, todo fluye, captas cómo funciona...”
― Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs