Sandra Gulland quotes

“A feeling of disquiet continues to haunt me. As a youth one dreams of love; by the time one wakes, it is too late.”
-- Sandra Gulland

Source : Sandra Gulland (2002). “The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B: A Novel”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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“We are born, we live and we die - in the midst of the marvelous.”
-- Sandra Gulland

Source : Sandra Gulland (2002). “The Last Great Dance on Earth: A Novel”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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“The Queen has been guillotined, accused of crimes beyond imagining. Last night she appeared to me in a dream, handing me her head.”
-- Sandra Gulland

Source : Sandra Gulland (2002). “The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B: A Novel”, p.252, Simon and Schuster

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“Daggers ever at the ready, I went about the day: children fed, linens mended, bedclothes aired. In little ways one conquers fear.”
-- Sandra Gulland

Source : Sandra Gulland (2002). “The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B: A Novel”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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“Splendid,' Abbé Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so thrilling as riding in fear of one's life.”
-- Sandra Gulland

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“Each moment of life is a step toward death.”
-- Sandra Gulland

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“Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining.”
-- Sandra Gulland

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“The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into the center of grand events. Meticulously-researched, this engrossing novel offers a fresh portrait of a queen who has too often been portrayed as a villain. Bravo Mr. Gortner!”
-- Sandra Gulland

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“Splendid,' Abbé Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so thrilling as riding in fear of one's life.”
-- Sandra Gulland

Source : Sandra Gulland (2009). “Mistress of the Sun: A Novel”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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“I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. I pray for such a like-minded mate, who will be ever for me like harmony to music, virtue to the soul, prosperity to the state, and forethought to the universe.”

“Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I`m stronger.”

“Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.”

“But dreams change. Fate has a way showing you paths you want more.”

“Indo-European peoples and Semitic peoples are today still completely different... Jews almost everywhere form a special society... Muslims (the Semitic spirit is today represented mainly by Islam) and the Europeans stand face to face like two beings of different species, having nothing common in the way of thinking and feeling...”

Source : "Naţionalitatea în artă" ("Nationality in Art") by A. C. Cuza, Bucureşti: Cartea Romaneasca, 1905.

“You are not the feelings or the thoughts or the contents of your awareness. None of these are who you are. You are the fullness of your Being, the substance of your presence.”

“The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one another’s customs and opinions; respect for one another’s rights and feelings; awareness of one another’s needs.”

“I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.195, Thomas Nelson Inc

“consider the implications. We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late”

“I think it's never too late to learn - or it's a lesson that's good to continue learning - that you need to treat everyone on a set with respect.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.