Giuditta Zanoni

“You don’t give up on democracy every time you lose a vote”, Ethel said crisply.”
― Ken Follett, Winter of the World

“I know it's only been three weeks, and although it's far too soon to judge, I can't help but feel that moving to Dubai may have been yet another poor judgement call on my part. Yes, another one. In recent times I've somehow managed to perfect the art of making huge, life changing mistakes. It's as if once you make a significant error, you can't help but make a zillion others, like dominoes falling over in succession. And when you're in the middle of all those thumbling blocks, it's impossible to get out.”
― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai, #1

“Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.”
― Ken Follett, Winter of the World

“con quanta grazia Zurigo nasconde le sue ricchezze" pensò. Una gran parte dell'oro e dell'argentodi tutto il mondo era conservata nei caveau delle banche sotto i suoi piedi, ma non c'era nessuna odiosa torre di uffici a segnalare i confini del quartiere finanziario, ne altri monumenti dell'altre di accumulare denaro. solo discrezione e riservatezza. una donna denigrata che distoglie lo sguardo per nascondere la propria vergogna. la Svizzera”
― Daniel Silva, The English Assassin