Juliette Benzoni > Quotes

“I have a weakness for Catherine. Because she was the first of my heroines, and also because I invented her story, whereas "Marianne, a Star for Napoleon" was a command given to me by my Publisher for the bicentenary of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.”
― Juliette Benzoni

“And you dare to wear the golden spurs of a knight? You dare to call yourself a Marshal of France and carry the fleur-de-lis on your coat of arms? The meanest lackey in this hall knows more of honour and loyalty than you! Hang and burn my servants and kill me - kill too, now that you have handed your companion-in-arms Arnaud de Montsalvy, to your cousin. With my last breath, I shall call on Heaven to witness that Gilles de Rais is a traitor and a felon!”
― Juliette Benzoni, Belle Catherine

“Ma douce... mon incomparable! T'aimer? Mais je t'ai adorée toute ma vie et je ne cesserai jamais de t'aimer? Jamais! Tant qu'il me restera une pensée, un souffle, je t'aimerais...”
― Juliette Benzoni, La Dame de Montsalvy

“– Jonakin päivänä, Catherine sanoi kylmästi, – lankeatte vielä polvillenne eteeni pyytäen anteeksi sanojanne, Arnaud de Montsalvy, Chataignerin herra. Mutta ette saa minulta anteeksiantoa ettekä armoa.”
― Juliette Benzoni, Il suffit d'un amour 1e partie

“By this deed, which, in the absence of a lawyer, the chaplain of the Touraine regiment, Father Verdier here, has been good enough to draw up for me, I duly recognize and legitimize my son Gilles Goëlo, born out of wedlock, as the sole heir of the house of Tournemine de la Hunaudaye, so that he may in future, subject to the King's approval, bear the name and the arms which are his by right of birth. You, Count, he looked at Rochambeau. 'I think you knew him before I. Will you honour us both by being the first to append your signature?'
The honour is mine, Monsieur le Comte. All of us here, in our own ways, have come to know and value this young man. Not so much, perhaps, as our American friends, to whom he is already a legend, but enough to congratulate you on having such a son to carry on your name. You may die in peace for I give you my word, you leave it in good hands.”
― Juliette Benzoni, Le Gerfaut

“On peut être criminel sans sans avoir jamais manié une arme ou une pince-monseigneur.”
― Juliette Benzoni, Les larmes de Marie-Antoinette

“Either I am mad, sir, or you are. Am I a slave to be sold or bartered at will? Even supposing Lord Cranmere to have been so vile or so rash as to stake the property placed in his keeping today, even then, he can only lose what belongs to him and I do not belong to him!' The savagery in her tone startled the American.
In the eyes of the law,' he said, and his voice was more gentle than ever, you do belong to him. And let me make it clear, it was not you yourself, or your life he staked, but only this one night. It is this night which now belongs to me. The loss of that vast stake made it my privilege to come to you here, in place of your husband - to exercise his rights.”
― Juliette Benzoni, The Bride of Selton Hall

“Hän oli sonnustautunut kiireestä kantapäähän soopelinmustaan haarniskaan ja seistessään saliin johtavan oven kynnyksellä hän näytti tuomion enkeliltä. Kaikki hänessä oli järkkymättömän mustaa alkaen kypärän sulkatöyhtöstä, joka heilahteli pienimmästäkin liikahduksesta, aina aseisiin saakka, jotka olivat erehtymättömästi sota-aseita eivätkä niitä koristeita, joita ritarit tavallisesti käyttivät juhlissa.”
― Juliette Benzoni, Il suffit d'un amour 1e partie

“Ti aspettavo. Ma hai tardato molto.
Io?
Ma si, tu. Non puoi cambiare donna di un solo amore! E preferisci ancora, vero, come la falena, morire vicino alle fiaccola che vivere nel buio? Metà del tuo cuore è qui. Chi dunque può vivere con un sola metà del cuore?

Nel libro Catherine e il tempo di amare”
― Juliette Benzoni

“–Suutelen jalkojanne, ihana rouva! Ja menen jonnekin muualle suremaan onnetonta tähteäni...ja teidän huonoa makuanne! Samalla uudistan tuttavuuteni erinoimaisen Beaune-viininne kanssa. Se näiden kirottujen burgundien kunniaksi on sentään sanottava, että he osaavat valmistaa viiniä!”
― Juliette Benzoni, Il suffit d'un amour 1e partie

“I will wait for you, Gilles Goëlo. I will wait - for three years, and not one day more. If you keep your promise, I shall be yours and you can do what you will with me. If not-”
― Juliette Benzoni, Le Gerfaut

“Non sei che un vile, duca di Bourgogne, traditore del tuo re di cui lasci insozzare la dimora. Io ti dichiaro indegno di portare glis speroni di cavaliere...”
― Juliette Benzoni

“Ma couce... mon incomparable! T'aimer? Mais je t'ai adorée toute ma vie et je ne cesserai jamais de t'aimer? Jamais! Tant qu'il me restera une pensée, un souffle, je t'aimerais...”
― Juliette Benzoni, La Dame de Montsalvy

“Sé todo eso, pero para amar no es necesario el matrimonio. Tampoco es necesario estar siempre juntos. El verdadero amor lo soporta todo: el alejamiento, las separaciones, la soledad e incluso la muerte.”
― Juliette Benzoni

“As for... Monseigneur's feelings toward you, I think you are misinformed. You are too modest, Dame Catherine, far too modest, and I believe you know that the Duke has not forgotten you. Everyone here knows the truth about the Golden Fleece...”
― Juliette Benzoni, The Lady of Montsalvy

“Marianne, Marianne ! Oublie tout cela... tout ce qui n’est pas nous ! Oublie Napoléon, oublie qu’il y a quelque part au monde un homme dont tu portes le nom, oublie comme je l’oublie moi-même que Pilar vit toujours, dans je ne sais quel coin caché de l’Espagne où elle a choisi de résider car elle me croit toujours au bagne et espère bien que j’y mourrai ! Il y a nous deux, rien que nous deux... et il y a la mer, là... tout près... à nos pieds !”
― Juliette Benzoni

“Il n’y a pas une femme au monde qui n’aime le Champagne ! Il fait briller les yeux... encore, que les vôtres n’aient vraiment pas besoin de cet artifice ! J’ai vu bien des émeraudes moins belles !”
― Juliette Benzoni, Marianne and the Masked Prince

“C'est justement un privilège de l'âge de pouvoir dire ce que l'on veut”
― Juliette Benzoni, La dague au lys rouge

“Well, Monsieur said Louis XVI good-naturally, are you happy with your King?
« Sire, this is the second time that Your Majesty gives me back my life. The first time was by agreeing to endorse the will of my father; this time it's protecting me with this royal generosity. I have always belonged to him, but now, since I will have the honor to be the guardian of his person, I want the King to know that he can demand anything from me, he can expect anything from my devotion, and if a falcon, I shall be that in the future for the King, he can start at any time whatsoever, on any enemy whatsoever, in peace as in war, in the shadow as in the light.
 
« So be it, Monsieur! The King accepts your tribute and will register your promise. You will be a safe weapon in his hand, a weapon he will use, you can be certain, for only the most just causes. You will be in the future the Kings Falcon, but only for three people, me, you and… Monsieur de Rochambeau present here who witnessed your commitment.”
― Juliette Benzoni, Le Gerfaut des brumes - intégrale

“Ton père? Il est le dernier de cette race effrayante des Tournemine, qui durant les siècles, ont fondu comme des oiseaux de proie sur tout ce qui passait à portée de leurs tours (.....) Il ne lui restait rien de la puissance ni de l'énorme fortune qui faisaient dire, à certaine époque, que les messieurs de La Hunaudaye étaient seulement un peu moins grands seigneurs que le Roi de France. Il s'appelait Pierre ....”
― Juliette Benzoni, Le Gerfaut

“Forgive my silence, my dear cardinal I should have spoken first, to welcome you, but I must confess that I was dumb with admiration. Madame, your godfather endeavoured to describe your beauty to me but, for the first time in his life, his eloquence has proved unequal to the task; so far unequal that only the fact that none but a poet could find words to express such divinity can excuse him. Let me say how deeply - humbly grateful I am to you for being here - and for being yourself !

~Prince Corrado Sant'Anna”
― Juliette Benzoni, Marianne and the Masked Prince

“You were rightly destined for our family, Catherine. Almost by instinct you seem to have stumbled on the old tradition by which the châtelaines of Montsalvy would go to Puy, in times of war and danger, to implore divine help and offer their most beautiful jewels to the Madonna. Go, my daughter, you think as a true Montsalvy would!”
― Juliette Benzoni, Catherine and Arnaud