Versailles Quotes

“In my lap I had my dear little pug, the smell of whose ears will always be sweeter to me than all the perfumes of Araby and the scent of heliotrope combined.”
― Kathryn Davis, Versailles

“It's a miracle, really, that any of the royal children went on to become King. But maybe there's no version of childhood that could adequately prepare you for that particular future.”
― Kathryn Davis, Versailles

“Were we sexually intimate? What difference could it possibly make to you?”
― Kathryn Davis, Versailles

“Which maybe is what it means to be content: the heart safely secluded, a world unto itself.

Unlike being in the grip of Eros, who takes you over, transporting you so thoroughly it's as if you have no heart, no head, no flesh even, every part of you burning in a single bright flame.

Unlike pleasure, which must be sought after.”
― Kathryn Davis, Versailles

“You can always come back to a place, even if it isn't there anymore.”
― Kathryn Davis, Versailles