Isabel Fonseca > Quotes

“On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long to tell you what they imagine you want to hear. They want to amuse you; they want to amuse themselves; they want to show you a good time. This is beyond hospitality. This is art.”
― Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey

“A náci korszak számos "cigányügi szakértője" a háború után is folytathatta munkáját a szövetségi kormányban, így aztán a cigányok többségének helyzete mit sem változott a Harmadik Birodalom összeonlásával.”
― Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey

“Mackay had just failed to tip the coat-check girl and was now blinking and working his arms into a too-small trench coat; he looked like a seagull trying to lift up out of an oil spill.”
― Isabel Fonseca, Attachment

“His grandfather, he said, was from a traveling family—part of a group called the “Gringos”—signifying, here, not unwanted Americans but Greek-speaking Gypsies in Spain.”
― Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and their Journey