The Confessions of Young Nero Quotes

“I would want someone I could love to madness, someone who was myself, only better, someone I could never get enough of looking at.”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“There is no respect for hidden music”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“But without critics, there is no art. For art must be judged to be proved true.”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“There are no happy lives,” said Burrus. “Only happy moments.” The old soldier at least had common sense.”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“When the one you love is gone, anyone or anything connected to them makes them live again, in an attenuated way.”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“There is always something to be celebrated if you look for it”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“And it is almost impossible to describe happiness because it is the absence of pain, of loneliness, of despair, yet it is infinitely more than just an absence of anything. It resides in small moments, moments that lose their power in the telling but pin themselves fast to our hearts.”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“cocked his head. “And who is this?” As if he did not know. “Guess,” said Tigellinus. He scrutinized me. “Can it be—is it Apollo himself, come to select a new team of horses to”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“part. I must think of every objection she might”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero

“Ah, but who will bell the cat?” “I am not sure what you mean.” “It is a country saying. A council of mice met to decide what to do about the tomcat who was on the loose. They agreed the best plan was to attach a bell to his neck so they could hear him coming and hide. It was a fine plan—but it needed a mouse brave enough to risk his life jumping on the cat.”
― Margaret George, The Confessions of Young Nero