The Complete Princess Trilogy Quotes

“suddenly remembered a beautiful verse by the great Lebanese philosopher Kahlil Gibran: “Mayhap a funeral among men is a wedding feast among the angels.” I imagined my mother at the side of her mother and father, with her own little ones gathered in her arms.”
― Jean Sasson, The Complete Princess Trilogy: Princess; Princess Sultana's Daughters; and Princess Sultana's Circle

“I believe that the children of this generation have decayed with the ease of their lives, and that their great fortune has deprived them of any ambitions or real satisfactions. Surely the weakness of our monarchy in Saudi Arabia is bound up in our addiction to extravagance. I fear it will be our undoing.”
― Jean Sasson, The Complete Princess Trilogy: Princess; Princess Sultana's Daughters; and Princess Sultana's Circle

“understood that from this moment, the stepping-stones”
― Jean Sasson, The Complete Princess Trilogy: Princess; Princess Sultana's Daughters; and Princess Sultana's Circle

“Riyadh was the base of the government, but none of the Al Sa’ud family particularly enjoyed the city; their complaints never ended about the dreariness of life in Riyadh. It was too hot and dry, the men of religion took themselves too seriously, the nights were too cold. Most of the family preferred Jeddah or Taif.”
― Jean Sasson, The Complete Princess Trilogy: Princess; Princess Sultana's Daughters; and Princess Sultana's Circle

“Surely the weakness of our monarchy in Saudi Arabia is bound up in our addiction to extravagance. I fear it will be our undoing.”
― Jean Sasson, The Complete Princess Trilogy: Princess; Princess Sultana's Daughters; and Princess Sultana's Circle

“that the children of this generation have decayed with the ease of their lives, and that their great fortune has deprived them of any ambitions or real satisfactions.”
― Jean Sasson, The Complete Princess Trilogy: Princess; Princess Sultana's Daughters; and Princess Sultana's Circle