"In the Company of the Courtesan" Quotes
A courtesan and her dwarf companion navigate the dangerous streets of 16th-century Venice.
historical fiction | 368 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
And so it is that we are all in the hands of the gods and the vagaries of Fortune, and none of us can know the future.
fateuncertainty
Love is not a commodity to be traded. It is given freely or not at all.
loverelationships
We are all of us in the end alone, and what we have of this world is the connections we make.
lonelinessconnections
The secret to being beautiful is to be happy. And the secret to being happy is to do what you're beautiful at.
beautyhappinesspurpose
The measure of a man's success is in not how well he lives, but how gracefully he dies.
successlegacy
Desire is the root of all suffering. When we want what we cannot have, we are doomed to disappointment.
desiredisappointment
