Gabriel's Moon Quotes

“Memory is a dog that wants to please its master.”
― William Boyd, Gabriel's Moon

“Sometimes, he thought, he preferred trees in winter, rather than their full-leaf summer version – in winter you saw their mighty skeletons, registered their astounding engineering, their random, propulsive growth patterns better; you understood what amazing vegetable beings they were, how ancient, strong and enduring – and how complacently taken for granted they were. An eighty-foot London plane tree was a wonder, a marvel. People should take more note of these everyday giants in their lives, he thought, acknowledge them.”
― William Boyd, Gabriel's Moon

“Memory is a dog that wants to please its master.”
― William Boyd, Gabriel's Moon: A Gabriel Dax Novel

“Was there such a thing as a monosyllabic, taciturn Dubliner? he wondered. It was a good city to be on your own in because you always knew that you needn’t be alone, in an instant, if you didn’t want to be.”
― William Boyd, Gabriel's Moon: A Gabriel Dax Novel

“The light here on the ocean in Cádiz had a more mineral kind of clarity. Shadows seemed to belong to a different, almost corporeal element of their own,”
― William Boyd, Gabriel's Moon: A Gabriel Dax Novel