The Lioness of Morocco Quotes

“He who has never hunted, never loved, never sought out the fragrance of a flower, and never quivered at the sound of music, is not a human being but a donkey. —Arab proverb”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“She forgave herself and thus found peace.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“he would rather put his faith in good old common sense than in any deity.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“If only patience were not so difficult,”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“If too much pressure is exerted on you, you become hard like dry wood that splinters and breaks. Be like a reed that gently sways in the wind and you will regain your happiness.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“If you want to do business in Morocco, remember this: you Europeans have clocks, but we in the Orient have time.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“He who has never hunted, never loved, never sought out the fragrance of a flower, and never quivered at the sound of music, is not a human being but a donkey. —Arab proverb Chapter Twenty London, October 1859 Big Ben gloomily rung seven times.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“In the countryside, far removed from the guardians of the faith in the cities, people made religion their own.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“If you find a great treasure, beware of the fearsome snake that is hiding.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“But in our suffering, we are all brothers and sisters.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“If you find a great treasure, beware of the fearsome snake that is hiding.” The reminder that Sibylla was a married woman and a mother had not dimmed André’s fascination.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“He’d understood immediately why they compared her to a lioness—it was not only because of the color of her hair, but because of her determined personality.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“at sixteen, Sibylla had been expected to marry and start a family. No one seemed to take into account her wishes, which were to experience life in all its richness and to see the world’s wonders with her own eyes.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“She was well aware of the fact that an unmarried woman was treated the same as a child. Perhaps marriage was indeed the only way to win more freedom.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“Truffles meant for us what saffron means for the Chiadma: money for a rainy day.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“Say what you will about Napoleon, but under him, commoners had a chance. After he was gone, the Bourbons turned back the clock. In my home, we were short of everything: food, clothing, leather for shoes and boots, warm coats. And this despite the fact that my parents were emancipated farmers.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“the worst man is he who accepts no apology, forgives no sin, and excuses no mistake.”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“The fifteen clerks taking their lunch break in the counting house of the Spencer & Son Shipping Company almost choked on their food. There at the door stood Sibylla Spencer, visibly out of breath and pressing an envelope against her chest as she looked from one startled face to the next. The boss’s twenty-three-year-old daughter normally visited only once a year, when she and her stepmother distributed Christmas presents. Yet it was not Christmas but the middle of June. It did not bode well that Sibylla had appeared unannounced, distraught, and, it would seem, unaccompanied in the rough masculine world of the Port of London. At least this was what Mr. Donovan, the lead accountant, feared. He stepped away from his desk with”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco

“Five hundred women for one man. Sara Willshire had been right in saying this place was very different from England. She”
― Julia Drosten, The Lioness of Morocco