A Golden Web Quotes

“I never thought that history would become one of my life's passions. I never even liked history when I was at school, apart from the context of literature, music, and art. But history has lately been revealed to me as the place where I live, where we all live, side by invisible side with others who - if we get quiet enough and listen carefully enough - will touch us and tell us their stories.”
― Barbara Quick, A Golden Web

“You've done her a service to teach her that romantic love is largely made of illusion." [said Mina.]
"Is it?" Alessandra asked, unable to suppress a worried sigh.
Mina looked at her as if she knew exactly what Alessandra was thinking. "I said 'romantic love,' my dear--not true love."
"But how can one know," asked Alessandra, "one from the other?"
"True love," said Mina, "is something that reveals itself only with the passage of time.”
― Barbara Quick, A Golden Web

“Allesandra stood close against Nero's flank flank and looked into her brother's blue eyes, "Your knowledge will keep me safe - or as safe as a girl with dreams can ever be in this small minded world”
― Barbara Quick, A Golden Web

“I think a good many things that common folk call miracles are merely a matter of an observant person's good plain sense”
― Barbara Quick, A Golden Web

“By doubting we come to inquire and by inquiring we percieve the truth”
― Barbara Quick, A Golden Web