The Crimson Chalice Quotes

“Without questions there are no answers. And without answers no truth, no progress, no future.”
― Victor Canning, The Crimson Chalice

“That day will come. But at the moment it is this day that has to be lived.”
― Victor Canning, The Crimson Chalice

“From each god his own way of revelation. And for each man his own way of marking the shadow which his god casts.”
― Victor Canning, The Crimson Chalice

“There were truths that grew between people which they could not know themselves until some sharp moment of destiny brought them to light.”
― Victor Canning, The Crimson Chalice

“Everything in life begins as a dream. That is how the gods speak to us. First the dream and then the reality. Believe that and work for it and then the gods are on your side.”
― Victor Canning, The Crimson Chalice

“As she did this Tia, eyeing the two who watched them, suddenly felt angry with them for their helplessness. She felt like shouting at them to wake and stir themselves from their apathy ... but then the feeling went. She saw a town burning, flames arching over the night sky, people screaming and shouting, panic reaching through the streets and houses and, somewhere, a small boy lost and frightened, crying for his parents. And she remembered her own panic, numbess and helplessness as Tulio and his wife had done everything for her, sending her blindly off into the night from her brother's burning villa.”
― Victor Canning, The Crimson Chalice