About Face Quotes

“Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her.”
― Donna Leon, About Face

“Perception of personal danger very often set people on the path of virtue.”
― Donna Leon, About Face

“Most people — however much they might deny it — had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.”
― Donna Leon, About Face

“Ah, how accommodating the law could be, when it was in the hands of those who best knew how to use it.”
― Donna Leon, About Face

“The church, of course, had succumbed and now charged people to enter, having discovered that beauty brought more income than grace.”
― Donna Leon, About Face

“this man had Ranzato do some illegal shipping for him and that he dresses well and arranged to meet someone at the San Marcuola stop.’ ‘I thought you said that’s where he lives.’ ‘Well, not exactly.’ Paola closed her eyes with a great display of much-put-upon patience and said, ‘I never know whether that means yes or no.’ Brunetti smiled. ‘In this case, it means I assumed so.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because he said he’d meet someone there one evening, and that’s what we do when people come to town: we meet them at the imbarcadero near where we”
― Donna Leon, About Face

“He had learned over the years that most professional and social situations were pretty much like water on uneven ground: sooner or later, they would work themselves level. People, over time, generally decided who was the Alpha and who the Beta. Higher rank sometimes helped with the determination, but not always.”
― Donna Leon, About Face