Palace of Spies Quotes

“The man has more masks than a whole troupe of Italian players.”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies

“The true lady treats the whole world as her dance floor,”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies

“We must be bold. Timidity will yield us nothing.”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies

“But art is supposed to enlighten, isn’t it? Not just reflect? It’s to show us the best of the present modeled in the best of the past.”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies

“They meant to rob us good Protestants of our freedom, our possessions, and our lives, all for the greater glory of their pope. Probably daughters would be ravished as well. The experts were divided on that point.”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies

“I reminded myself I shouldn't knock the wig off her head. My betrothed might be here, and first impressions were important.”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies

“I possessed dark hair too coarse for fashion, pale skin too prone to freckle in the sun, and dark eyes too easily regarded as "sly," all coupled with a manner of speaking that was too loud and too frank. These fine qualities and others like them resulted in my being informed on a daily basis that I was both a nuisance and a disappointment.”
― Sarah Zettel, Palace of Spies