Julie

“But nations never die of the death of a man, however great he may have been; their birth and their death derive from other causes.”
― Maurice Druon, La reina estrangulada

“Sony-ils tous (...) criminels s'ils en avaient l'occasion, innocents seulement par impuisance, et prets a se servir du mal pour accomplir leur ambition? (...) La nature humaine est-elle si detestable, ou bien est-ce la royaute qui nous rend ainsi?”
― Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits

“The curse did not come from God. It emanated from himself and had no other source but in his own actions; and this was true of every man and of every punishment.”
― Maurice Druon, La reina estrangulada

“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Mist