Quotes from The Death of Faith

Donna Leon ·  310 pages

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“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?”
“Can you think of a better way to tell?”
― Donna Leon, quote from The Death of Faith


“a woman whom the course of years had turned sour and to whom the vows meant poverty of spirit, chastity of humour, and obedience only to some rigorous concept of duty.”
― Donna Leon, quote from The Death of Faith


“A wife is her husband’s richest treasure, a helpmeet, a steadying column. A vineyard with no hedge will be overrun; a man with no wife becomes a helpless wanderer,”’ he quoted,”
― Donna Leon, quote from The Death of Faith


About the author

Donna Leon
Born place: in Montclair, New Jersey, The United States
Born date September 28, 1942
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