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Christopher Peter Grey
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Bologna, body and soul
Why did I choose Bologna as the setting for my book, Hand of Silver, Hand of Gold? After all, there are other Italian cities – Rome, Venice, Florence, Milan – with more familiar landmarks (Milan was actually the setting for my last book, Leonardo’s Shadow). Well, a long way back, when I was still young and hopeful, I lived in Bologna for almost a year and fell in love with the place. It is, for me
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“The Duke has decreed that the Castle is not cold." The gentleman's lips are almost blue from this lack of cold. "And the Duke is right and correct in this as in all things."
...some very beautiful tapestries line the walls, but many of them are also full of holes. Perhaps the Duke has decreed that there are no moths, either.”
― Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant
...some very beautiful tapestries line the walls, but many of them are also full of holes. Perhaps the Duke has decreed that there are no moths, either.”
― Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant
“The Duke would not pay for the works. He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo, the belief that you are never wrong. Believing you are never wrong is an error that afflicts great men. I have learned that to be right you must first be wrong many times. Without making errors--and learning from them--a man cannot find the truth.”
― Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant
― Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant
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“One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“And perhaps those artful people in the Bible are right, and the only way to get happiness is not to think about it, or to think of other people having it instead, and so, fooling it, catch it at last in the nets of one’s own indifference.”
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“The challenge of modern freedom, or the combination of isolation and freedom which confronts you, is to make yourself up. The danger is that you may emerge from the process as a not-entirely-human creature.”
― Novels 1984–2000: What Kind of Day Did You Have? / More Die of Heartbreak / A Theft / The Bellarosa Connection / The Actual / Ravelstein
― Novels 1984–2000: What Kind of Day Did You Have? / More Die of Heartbreak / A Theft / The Bellarosa Connection / The Actual / Ravelstein
“How admirable the attitude of one who has made good use of the time granted him and who did not interfere by trying to be his own judge. Duration of human life belongs to those who mould each moment, sculpture it and do not trouble about the verdict.”
― The Difficulty of Being
― The Difficulty of Being
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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