The Museum Heist Quotes

“Isabella Stewart Gardner was a talked-about woman. Anyone with a tongue for scandal followed her every provocation, from smoking in public to brandishing large hats during Boston Symphony Orchestra performances. They talked about every male she bumped into, and she bumped into many. She wore French fashion, exposing more flesh than Boston puritans were accustomed to. Even noncontroversial acts fanned the flames of story. She did nothing to quell the rumors about her, adding witty one-liners which appeared with exclamation points in newspaper gossip columns. Henry James cast her life in Portrait of a Lady. Paris”
― Kameel Nasr, The Museum Heist: A Tale of Art and Obsession

“History is myth,” Paris says. “You can recount ten different stories about the same event.” Helen”
― Kameel Nasr, The Museum Heist: A Tale of Art and Obsession