Lindsey Davis quotes - page 3

The new "humour", if you can call it that, is pure malicious gossip. Instead of making a genuine point, it's now good enough to repeat any ribald story without a thought for whether it's even true. (Lindsey Davis)
She called me a rat.” "Oh yes, I gathered you two were very close! View quote
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I had been right in the first place. Getting involved with politicians is complete stupidity. View quote
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Justice never paid a poor man's bills. View quote
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You're not bloody Aristophanes, and the people who are paying for tickets are not educated Athenians. We're acting for turnips who only come to talk to their cousins and fart. We have to give them a lot of action and low-level jokes, but you can leave all that to us on stage. We know what's required. Your job is to hone the basic framework and remember the simple motto: short speeches, short lines, short words. View quote
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In an ideal world I ought to have gone with him to observe their reactions, but in an ideal world heroes never get tired or depressed; what's more, heroes are paid more than me. View quote
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That's the trouble with foreign travel. You spend half your time trying to find edible food, and the rest fighting off men who profess extravagant love to your female companions. I'm amazed how many women believe outright lies from foreigners. View quote
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Afterwards, sometimes she dared to remember being in his arms. How, after only clumsy couplings with others, she and this man had straightaway come together as a perfect fit. How they moved together, in effortless synchronicity and with such deep pleasure. How when their exercise left them exhausted, she cried a little, so Vinius wiped her eye with his index finger, murmuring kindly, 'No tears!' before they both fell into profound sleep. How her troubled mind had drowned in peace, her body melting against his... View quote
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They were not beggars; well, not in the usual sense. They were Christians, who wanted not just my nephews' money but their souls. View quote
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He wore the purple; it was his entitlement. With it he had neither wreath nor jewels. For him the best adornment of rank was acute native intelligence. View quote
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What's the verdict? A shining new talent. A breathtaking story, written with mystical intensity. An author who will sell and sell. (Lindsey Davis)
[Y]ou would think happy wedding guests would tuck in with gusto-yet ... [i]t's mourners at funerals who scoff.” "Because this is food as human comfort, plus respect for the national gods. We are one with our ancestors and one with our fellow mourners. View quote
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