The Great Fortune Quotes

“Harriet was reminded of Doamna Flöhr’s claim that the exclusiveness of the Jews was the exclusiveness of the excluded.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune

“She’s just a typical bourgeois reactionary.’ ‘You mean, her prejudices are different from yours.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune

“[T]he exclusiveness of the Jews was the exclusiveness of the excluded.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune

“Great fear can cast love out.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune

“A man is made by his circumstances... If you want to change him, change his circumstances.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune

“... freedom is the knowledge of necessity and there is no wealth but life. When you understand that you understand everything.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune

“Looking at Sophie's well developed bosom, Harriet felt at a disadvantage. Perhaps Sophie's shape would not last. but it was enviable while it lasted.”
― Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune