The Vatican Princess Quotes

“I fear I lose myself among books. I forget everything.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia

“Do not make the mistake of thinking you're unique, When we are young, we believe we can wrap life around our little finger, but life has a way of teaching us who is stronger. In The end, you are but a woman.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia

“GRIEF IS SELFISH. It enshrouds us, clutches us to its desiccated breast like an anxious mother. It does not want us to leave, though we know we must if we are to survive. Only madness lies ahead for those who cannot escape it, for grief will consume those who have nothing else to live for.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“Papa had tried to tell me. The man who covets was Cesare; he had wanted everything Juan possessed.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“The time has come for a new age—the age of Borgia. And I shall be its scourge.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“La familia es nuestra sangre. The family is our blood. Nothing is more important.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“I could hear was the triumphant declaration Cesare had uttered to me in Pesaro”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“Women are not thoughtless beings”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“I heard again his threat”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“On top of spoiling her eyes with all that reading”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“Cats are the devil’s spawn; everyone knows they can steal a baby’s breath.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“is the story of how family defines and binds us, and how, ultimately, loyalty can be a curse.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess

“We cannot fight fortuna, only try to anticipate her whims and, if we’re lucky, bend her to our will.”
― C.W. Gortner, The Vatican Princess