The Seven Sisters
Quotes from the Book
Remember,even if we can't see them, those we love are always with us.
Physical comfort--materialism, if you like--is the enemy of any serious spirituality, I think. When we're warm and well fed, our souls can be empty and we still make it through the day. And as I've discovered recently, it is the greatest poverty of all.
My father always said that to push a rock an inch in a lifetime was the same as throwing a hundred pebbles into the sea every day. Big change comes slowly, but it will come
Money and success can never make you happy if your heart is closed.
so much depends on our expectations of what our life should be. The less you expect, the more content you are.
The young are irritated by stories of the past; they wish to live only in the present, just as I did when I was their age. I
There should always be a balance in life, and you must try to find that in yours. Then you might find the happiness you seek.
Et av mine yndlingssteder i palasset var det kjempestore biblioteket som inneholdt uvurderlige førsteutgaver skrevet av berømte forfattere verden over. Glasskapene der bøkene sto, var alltid låst, de var bare en imponerende prydgjenstand, enda en utsmykning, og jeg tvilte på at noen av bøkene noen gang var blitt tatt ned og lest i løpet av alle de årene de hadde stått der. Jeg pleide ofte å granske hyllene der, og fingrene mine klødde etter å ta frem en bok og holde i den. Jeg måtte nøye meg med de medtatte eksemplarene av Stormfulle høyder, Oliver Twist og Shakespeares Hamlet som den engelske privatlæreren hadde hatt med seg fra England. Gjennom de lange, fredelige ettermiddagene leste jeg dem om og om igjen.
Velg hva du vil, Anni, sa Indira. Hun var like rastløs her som jeg hadde vært i avdelingen for dameklær. For en gangs skyld protesterte jeg ikke, men valgte tre: Charles Dickens' Samlede verker, Jane Eyre av Charlotte Brontë og Stolthet og fordom av Jane Austen. Jeg klemte dem inntil meg da vi forlot Harrods og kunne nesten ikke tro at jeg virkelig eide dem og aldri ville bli nødt til å gi dem fra meg.
Where you believe you will find goodness, perhaps you may find evil too. And where you can only see evil, maybe there will also be some good.” • • •
Of course for me, the thought of visiting England—the famous homeland of those who ruled us in India—was an adventure I had always longed for. I imagined seeing Wordsworth’s daffodils, visiting the bleak moors of Yorkshire where the Brontës had written their beautiful stories, and, of course, London, the Capital of the World. But I knew these were inappropriate thoughts with which to comfort my distraught friend.
Med Astbury som bakteppe fremsto han mest av alt som en stereotyp Hollywood-klisje, og slik hørtes han ut også. I Tinseltown, som Hollywood så nedsettende ble kalt av og til, kunne Jacks oppførsel, egoet og selvopptattheten hans, virke som noe ganske normalt. Men her i den virkelige verden - i den verdenen der vanlige mennesker levde fra dag til dag og strevde seg gjennom hverdagens problemer - var den absolutt ikke det.
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Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a remarkable girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911 to the present day . . .
In the heyday of the British Raj, eleven-year-old Anahita, from a noble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of Indian royalty. As the princess's official companion, Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of World War I. There, she meets young Donald Astbury—reluctant heir to the magnificent, remote Astbury Estate—and his scheming mother.
Ninety years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film star, has the world at her feet. But when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn,
Book details
- First published
- 2013
- Author
- Lucinda Riley
- Genre
- Historical
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- 4.43 (38k ratings)
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