"The Painted Veil" Quotes
A woman seeks redemption and self-discovery in the midst of a loveless marriage and a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
classics | 246 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I had chosen the dead rather than the living and the quick rather than the slow.
The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own.
I can never help people who are weak and can't help themselves.
I’m not a sentimental person. I don’t have any feelings.
It's a sad day when a man loses his illusions.
The people who really love you don’t mean to hurt you.
It’s always seemed to me that we’re not made to last.
It’s a mistake to think that love can solve all problems.
There is no beautifier of complexion or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.
It’s a curious thing about the game of marriage—a game, by the way, that is going out of fashion—the wife holds all the trumps.
