Fortier Quotes

#1. You owe me nothing, but I want everything. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#2. What's rule number two?" Granny stopped, her hands on the back of a chair, and looked straight at me. "Always make sure," she said, slowly, to ensure I paid attention, "that they underestimate you. That is the key. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#3. We are the Amazons, killers of men. Only the feeble-headed try their luck with us. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#4. Or perhaps about acknowledging that life is a delicate balance of great forces, and that good would lose its potency if there was no evil left to fight in the world. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#5. instinct was reason in a hurry; #Quote by Anne Fortier

#6. Everything has a shadow-side. In my opinion, that is what makes life interesting. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#7. Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#8. The Amazons is a stupendous achievement
a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silenced for so long by the rigidity of traditional scholarship, is as exciting and surprising as a bestselling murder mystery; I simply couldn't put it down. Through scholarly brilliance and passion, Adrienne Mayor has opened the door to a forgotten world of gender equality, and her book ought to be required reading in every college history course. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#9. In the face of a true friend a man sees, as it were, a second self. - CICERO, De Amicitia I #Quote by Anne Fortier

#10. Don't invite a girl on board if you don't have a six-pack antilock braking system. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#11. A husbands complements are like a wife's instructions...They go unheard! #Quote by Dennis Fortier

#12. Your poetry is mysterious. Do you intend me to comprehend you, or are you hoping that I mistake my own dullness for your wisdom? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#13. Peppo!" I yelled, pulling at my cousin's suspenders. "I really don't want to be arrested, okay?"
"Don't worry!" Peppo turned a corner and accelerated as he spoke. "I go too fast for police! #Quote by Anne Fortier

#14. Rule number three: Never assume. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#15. Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?'
Alessandro stopped in the middle of the corridor, took out the gun, and wrapped my hand around it before I realized what he was doing. 'Can you feel that? That's a gun. It exists. And there are a lot of people out there who do believe in it. So, excused me for taking care of them so you can have your peace. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#16. Romeo was cute ... "
"Cute?" Alessandro rolled his eyes. "What kind of man is cute?"
" ... and an excellent dancer ... "
"Romeo had feet of lead! He said so himself!"
" ... but most importantly," I concluded, "he had nice hands! #Quote by Anne Fortier

#17. Remember: women may not be too weak
To strike a blow.
-Sophocles, Electra #Quote by Anne Fortier

#18. I must have you, completely, at my table and in my bed, or I shall waste away like a starving prisoner. There you have it; forgive the lack of poesy. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#19. But then, as Myrina knew only too well, it is the loss of hope that kills the prey
the loss of will to keep struggling. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#20. I did not know my soul until I saw it's reflection in your eyes. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#21. Here, we chop wood to keep warm. If you think that's amateurish, all I can say to you is this: You are more vulnerable than you think. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#22. Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that contributes to shape our perception of an age: architecture, art, literature and so forth. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#23. Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a fact of life, like pimples. Some have more, some have less, but only truly abnormal people have none at all. This commonsense philosophy had consoled me many times before, and it did now, too. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#24. Personally, I am beginning to think death is mostly a matter of opinion. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#25. But when he tried to pull the blanket from her shoulder, her hand shot out by reflex to close tightly around his wrist. At which Paris smiled and whispered, 'Don't fight me. Not tonight.'
Myrina slowly released his arm. 'It is only what you've taught me so well.'
He kissed her neck, right below the ear. 'Yes, but there is more.'
She closed her eyes, barely able to think. 'And what would you have me learn tonight?'
'The most important lesson of all.' He drew her tightly against him. 'To surrender with grace. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#26. It may upset my secret sisters that I say this, but between you and me, if you're so fortunate as to have captured the perfect male, peeling off that chain-mail bikini and becoming a part-time Amazon is not so bad after all.
-Author's Note, Anne Fortier #Quote by Anne Fortier

#27. The slight nausea he was feeling must be somewhat neat what God was feeling every minute of every day. If indeed He felt anything. He was, after all, a divine being, and it was entirely conceivable that divinity was incompatible with emotion. If not, then the Maestro sincerely pitied God, for hte history of mankind was nothing more than a long tale of tears. (From "Juliet" thought by The Maestro. Chapter 5) #Quote by Ann Fortier

#28. Ask yourself this: Who is more amateurish, more vulnerable - those who rely on machines that need to be plugged in, or logged on, or in some other way connected in order to be more than a useless slab of plastic ... or those who have learned to master life without? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#29. Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#30. It is madness. But sometimes, madness is the only path forward. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#31. Knowledge can be a dangerous thing - " "Not as dangerous as ignorance. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#32. Fear not! I would rather tear the heart from your bosom than take your bow, for I believe you would miss it less. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#33. In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#34. My consolation
is that, in one short month, you gave Paris more love than most people find in a lifetime. He was as happy as a man could be, he told me so himself. No grumpy old age for him, wondering why the pleasures of the world had passed him by. Although young, he had his fill, and he knew it. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#35. There is a trick to flying. The angels told me." He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When you are human, you discover that there is great power in hating the earth. And it can almost make you fly. But it never will."
I had frowned, not quite understanding him. "So, what's the trick?"
"Love the sky. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#36. Shush!" said Ambrogio to the dog, "I advise you to hide, in case it is the horned one trying to get in. I know him a great deal better than you. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#37. It put him in mind of the grand death of Julius Caesar, stabbed by a throng of Roman senators and dying very decoratively, scarlet on marble, harmoniously framed by columns. Would that some great Sienese could bring himself to die in a like manner, allowing the Maestro to indulge in the scene on a local wall. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#38. But are you not fond of me?" Paris looked up, his eyes full of reproach."Fond of you? Myrina you are my queen. I want you more than I want life itself. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#39. Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#40. I am sorry I didn't tell you the truth before. I was hoping I wouldn't have to. You kept asking about Romeo and what he was really like. I was hoping that" - he smiled wistfully - "you would recognize me. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#41. Why must a woman always surrender? I am not prey!"
"No I am. Your arrow struck me long ago." Paris took her hand and placed it on his chest."Right here. And every time I try to pull it out." He used her hand to demonstrate. "You force it back in. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#42. Of course, I always knew I was Romeo, but I had never thought much about Giulietta before. Now I started thinking about her, and I realized that it was a very strange thing to be Romeo, when there is no Giulietta in the world. Strange and lonely. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#43. I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It occurred to me that this was too much of a gift - I had to do it. That's how I ended up writing a parallel story to Romeo and Juliet. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#44. As a bird swoops down on it's prey, and assumes this land bound wretch into heaven, so did romeo steal her lips before they fled him again. suspended somewhere between cherubs and devils, his quarry ceased to buck, and he spread his wings wide and let the rising wind carry them off across the sky, until even the predator himself had lost every hope of returning home. within that one embrace, [he] became aware of a feeling of certainty he had not thought possible for anyone - even the virtuous. with her in his arms, all other women, past, present, and future, simply ceased to exist. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#45. But most important, it made me look as if I ate hidden heirlooms - and financial advisors - for breakfast. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#46. You can tease it's mane all you like, but you can't turn a house cat into a lion. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#47. You can put a girlfriend on a motorcycle, yes, but what about your children and your bridesmaids, and your mother-in-law? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#48. Instead, a strange voice whispered, "How can love be a sin? If God did not want us to love, then why did he create such beauty as yours?" Giulietta gasped in surprise and fear. "Romeo? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#49. She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women's lives. Whatever it was, I was clearly missing it. It was so much more than just self-confidence; it seemed to be the ability to love oneself, enthusiastically and unsparingly, body and soul, naturally followed by the assumption that every man on the planet is dying to get in on the act. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#50. And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his ... #Quote by Anne Fortier

#51. We are now left to choose between danger and regret, neither of which can restore the lives we have lost. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#52. But I was no philosopher, and the sun was beginning to let me know that it was the hour when only mad dogs and Englishmen exposed themselves to its rays. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#53. We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#54. You are too kind, and I am unused to it. For your own sake, do not stroke my misery. It knows not how to respond, but with a vicious bite. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#55. I don't know where I will be when you read this, but if I can, I will find you and whisper in your ear. The first thing I will whisper is this: Never give up. Goodness will always outrun evil in the end. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#56. Anyone is capable of anything given the right set of circumstances #Quote by Zach Fortier

#57. Paris shook his head.Do you think I would teach just anyone to fight me to the death? I want you to be my wife. My one and only wife. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#58. But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you? ... principessa?"
I looked down at my flip-flops. "I guess I'm toast. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#59. She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling record after another. Once the last chord of the last piece had died out, she had stood up and opened the French doors to the garden outside, perhaps waiting to breathe in the honeysuckle one more time. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#60. Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#61. After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by eating Tic Tacs. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#62. In no other place had I ever seen female purity celebrated by a 355-foot phallic object. But maybe that was me. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#63. And so we walked through customs arm in arm; while the officer barely looked at my passport, he did look twice at Eva Maria's cleavage. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#64. Had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a fact of life, like pimples. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#65. I should have never taught you girls to read! I suspect you have been reading the Bible behind my back-that is enough to fill a girl's head with folly? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#66. Only kings are put in writing, you know. Kings and heroes. The rest of us are but fading echoes in the valley of eternity. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#67. So now you know why I think all talk of borders and colors and nationalities is absurd. People try to pin you down on a map and paint you a certain color to make everything simple. But the world is far from simple, and intelligent human beings don't like to be pinned down and painted by some hand in the sky, whether it belongs to a god, a priest, or a politician. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#68. The night belonged to the bold, to the crazed and to the artist
often one and the same #Quote by Anne Fortier

#69. While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained keen on each other and eventually married in 2002. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#70. Constancy is my true nature! I shall never look at another woman for the rest of my days, or rather, I shall look, but they shall be to me like chairs, or tables. Not that I intend to sit, of course, or eat off them, but in the sense that they are but furniture. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#71. I will say to you what the scientists say about the small particles in the universe: I can't show you where they are, I can only show you where they were. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#72. Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#73. I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#74. Only weak men want women to be weak. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#75. Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#76. In her exquisite handwriting, Eva Maria anticipated that her clothes might not fit me perfectly. But, she concluded, it was better than running around naked. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#77. To Hell with the cherub! roared Comandante Marescotti. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#78. It was one of those moments that no scientist can ever reduce to numbers, try as she might. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#79. Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#80. It's what we call a dolce pazzia ... a sweet madness. Once you feel it, you will never want to leave it. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#81. Exceptions are the exceptions, and finds are like ants; whenever you see one, you may be sure there are twenty. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#82. To me, there is only one God. An unnamed presence we'll never understand. Everything else is human politics. It was human beings who wrote the holy books, and human beings who made all the rules and rituals. In other words, it is human beings who turn life into hell. So yes'
he picked up his wine glass
'I try to live by the spirit of God, but not by the rules, because rules are made by man, and man is nothing but a fatally conceited flea on the mammoth of Creation. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#83. Come on! You were the one who told me I was Paris! Rich, handsome, and evil. Of course I want Juliet to test-drive me." He looked over and grinned, enjoying my scowl. "What kind of Paris would I be if I didn't? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#84. As you say, nature taunts us with our weaknesses.
Myrina took Klito by the shoulders, 'It is not a taunt, but a challenge. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#85. The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating web of suspense, love, history, and magic that will keep you eagerly turning the pages late into the night. Even readers not normally drawn to the supernatural will be swept away by this book; it has everything a great adventure should have-and so much more. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#86. Stay away from stingy people. They are trapped in small souls. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#87. It is a great honor to meet you, young man. Now, here is someone very special that I want you to meet."
And she pulled one of the little girls into her lap, and said, as if she was presenting a wonder of the world, "This is Giulietta."
Romeo stuck the biscotto in his pocket. "I don't think so," he said. "She's wearing a diaper. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#88. We are the Amazons" said Myrina."We are the killers of beasts and men. Wild ourselves, we inhabit the wild places. Freedom courses in our blood, and death whispers at the tip of our arrows. We fear nothing, fear runs from us. Try to stop us, and you will feel our rage. #Quote by Anne Fortier

#89. What kind of woman agrees to a blind date at the top of a tower? And what kind of man spends his nights with a helmet on his head, visor closed, communicated with people via tennis balls? #Quote by Anne Fortier

#90. Yself standing in front of Monticello wearing a veil and a wedding gown, hand in hand with a very muscular President Jefferson. #Quote by Anne Fortier