Roseanne Montillo > Quotes

“In a letter Hawthorne wrote to a friend, he could not help but bemoan “America is now wholly given over to a damned mob of scribbling women, and I should have no chance of success while the public taste is occupied with their thrash—and should be ashamed of myself if I did succeed.”
― Roseanne Montillo, The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer – A Literary Gilded Age Thriller of Boston, Melville, and Depravity

“School yourself in all occasions to keep perfectly cool; maintain a perfect control of temper, come what will: one that can govern himself can govern others.”
― Roseanne Montillo, The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer – A Literary Gilded Age Thriller of Boston, Melville, and Depravity

“Who enters here must leave all hope behind,”
― Roseanne Montillo, The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer – A Literary Gilded Age Thriller of Boston, Melville, and Depravity

“CHAPTER 10 PATIENCE PERSONIFIED POMEROY Beware of the fury of a patient man. —JOHN”
― Roseanne Montillo, The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer – A Literary Gilded Age Thriller of Boston, Melville, and Depravity