Ariana Franklin · 384 pages
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“Love- however doomed, had the capacity to attach bouys to the soul.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“She had a quality he had never known- she WAS quality.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“Welcome to the gates of heaven Adelia, and what did you do with your life? My Lord, I was a bishop's whore.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“She thought, watching him, 'I am in a bath, naked in a bath with no bubbles, and a man is washing me; my reputation is doomed and to hell with it. I've been to hell and all I wanted in it was to be alive for this man. Who carried me out of it.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“... Turn over that stone" - she pointed to a flint nearby - "and you will find a charlatan who will dazzle you with the favorable conjunction of Mercury and Venus, flatter your future, and sell you colored water for a gold piece. I can't be bothered with it. From me you get the actuality.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“Sister Walburga ate some of the sausage she was taking upriver for the anchorites, but you'd think from her distress that she was a Horseman of the Apocalypse and the Whore of Babylon rolled into one.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“Adelia, you must not quail. You are confounding inhumanity.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“Man hovers between Paradise and the Pit,” Gordinus told her cheerfully. “Sometimes rising to one, sometimes swooping to the other. To ignore his capacity for evil is as obtuse as blinding oneself to the heights to which he can soar.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“This infatuation must be dispelled; it is necessary for me not to admire you. I do not wish to fall in love.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“You are a drab, she told herself, seduced into infatuation by a soldier’s tale. Outremer, bravery, crusade, it is illusory romance. Pull yourself together, woman.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
“Mir je novac, Aarone, a novac je mir.”
― Ariana Franklin, quote from Mistress of the Art of Death
Ariana Franklin
Born place: in Devon, The United Kingdom
Born date August 15, 1933
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“So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be alright.”
― Wendy Mass, quote from Every Soul a Star
“In fact, if you leave the mansion for any reason I will be your escort." Decebel winked at her, shutting the door just before a hairbrush flew across the room and smashed against it loudly. Jen's loud words followed the noise.
"The only place you'll be escorting me is to the vet so you can have the foot I'm going to shove up your behind removed!”
― Quinn Loftis, quote from Just One Drop
“I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much.”
― Daniel Handler, quote from Why We Broke Up
“إني مقتنع أشد الاقتناع بأنه إذا لم يتوصل الشرق في بداية القرن هذا إلى الاستيقاظ فإن الغرب لن يتمكن قريبا من النوم.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand
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