"Oscar and Lucinda" Quotes
A forbidden love story between a wealthy British heiress and a shy Australian priest, who share a passion for gambling and embark on a risky venture to transport a glass church across the sea.
fiction | 545 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
The truth was, he was not a man who could be content with the world as it was.
This is the truth. We are not what we are, nor do we treat each other as we ought to.
But the truth is, he was an atheist, a blasphemer, and a fornicator.
She was the only person in the world who knew how to speak to him.
He could not escape the feeling that this was the beginning of something quite beyond his control.
The truth is, he was a man of the world.
They were not, as it happened, kissing, but only staring at each other, and I could see the love there.
She was a great sinner, but she always knew what she was doing.
He was a man of the world. But he wanted more than the world could give him.
He was not a man who could be content with the world as it was.
