A Refiner’s Fire Quotes

“Light is not really a tangible thing, is it? It allows us to see other things, but it's not as if we see light as a separate entity: we just see the things it illuminates.”
― Donna Leon, A Refiner’s Fire

“When he stepped out onto the altana, he was immediately intoxicated by the view. He thought for a moment that he could reach out, pick up the cupolas of la Salute, and slip them quietly into his pocket.He toyed with the idea of putting the bell tower in beside them, but he feared it would be too long and stick out, so he turned around and decided he'd settle on taking San Francesco della Vigna's instead.”
― Donna Leon, A Refiner’s Fire

“Was it Tacitus who wrote, ‘They make a desert and call it peace’?”
― Donna Leon, A Refiner’s Fire: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

“empyrean.”
― Donna Leon, A Refiner’s Fire: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery