The Temptation of Forgiveness Quotes

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― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“talk about it. He went back to his office, musing on the fact that both he and Signorina Elettra worked for this unresponsive, negligent state. Because he’d been awake since two, Brunetti decided to treat himself well and walked down to Al Covo for lunch. On the way back, he gave thanks, as he always did, that the restaurant was only ten minutes from the Questura and never failed to send him back a new and happier man. Unfortunately, this new man was confronted with old problems: he called Professoressa Crosera’s telefonino but was told to leave a message; he called the hospital and received no information about Gasparini. He called Gasparini’s home number every hour, but the phone rang unanswered. Finally, at about five, he decided he had no choice but to pass by the hospital on his way home, and called Griffoni to tell her where he was going. He might as well have saved himself the effort: Professoressa Crosera was in her husband’s room, but when he went in and said good evening, she held her finger to her lips and pointed to her husband, lying now in a proper hospital bed. Brunetti indicated the door and the corridor beyond, but she shook her head and did not speak.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“It is impossible for the man who does nothing to be happy.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“The contract’s been broken, between us and the state, or been dissolved, but no one wants to make the news public. We know there’s no contract any more, and they know we know. They don’t care what we want or have any real interest in what happens to us or in what we want.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“Beauty was where you found it, and it was always comforting to see.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“Again, she put her face in her hands and wiped away the years, then let them return and looked at him.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“Brunetti didn’t like knowing that she was right.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness

“Then, as if Truth had reminded her to whom she was speaking, she added, ‘But I wasn’t surprised.”
― Donna Leon, The Temptation of Forgiveness