Kasandra Stolz > Kasandra's Quotes

“The girl flinched, even lying down. Mary continued through gritted teeth. “Murder can’t be walked away from. Just like you can’t walk away from Viktor. He’ll find you if you run. Richard can’t protect you if Viktor believes you have his babies.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew tea for the cooks. Windows are open to counter the heat of the ovens. Outside, the sky is as black as my soul.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“The weariest nights, the longest days, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.”
― Baroness Emmuska Orczy

“Sometimes I ask myself what I would be if Jenny were alive. And then I answered: I would also be alive.”
― Erich Segal, Oliver's Story

“He's the guy that the joke was wrote about: 'Is he a criminal lawyer?' 'Yes, very.”
― Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest

“Whatever’s back there don’t matter. It’s what’s ahead of you that counts. Don’t”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“A man’s first duty is to keep himself alive. Then comes what everyone calls honor.”
― Mario Puzo, The Sicilian

“Mining might convey an image of industry or technology, but I found this was not the case in the Congo. In the so-called ‘mines’, a brutally primitive process was in place involving what was effectively slave labour clawing minerals from the earth so that they could be shipped to eager cash buyers in the developed world. President Kabila headed what was effectively a cobalt and diamond cartel, while two rival factions (one backed by neighbouring Uganda, the other by Rwanda) divided up the rest of the country’s resources. Crudely, Uganda got gold and timber, and Rwanda got tin and coltan – a mineral used in mobile telephones.”
― Tim Butcher, Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart