On the Lisbon Disaster Quotes

“Great Lisbon Earthquake that, in the space of one day in 1755, took the breath out of a nation’s imperial aspirations and redirected European philosophical and social thought.”
― Olen Steinhauer, On the Lisbon Disaster

“There are moments in your life when you feel the weight of your stupidity as an unbearable thing. You hardly believe that the thoughts you’ve had and the beliefs you’ve held are actually your own, yet they have been, and you know, with the full certainty of religious conviction, that you are flawed in a deep and terrible way.”
― Olen Steinhauer, On the Lisbon Disaster