The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.”
“And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?”
“The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.”
“...what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?”
“In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.”
“The heart does not go backward. Only the mind.”
“He can't really love anyone, you know, and in the end such people are always alone, no matter how much other people once loved them.”
“..then you must say to her, ‘Madame, I observe that your heart is broken. Allow me to repair it for you...”
“I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away with you in your mind's eye?”
“Faith is simply whatever is real to us.”
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Book Keywords:
love, intimacy, letters, self, museum, faith, marriage, remembrance, books, art
