Provinciales Quotes & Sayings

Daughter, he said in a voice like old wood breaking, can you ever forgive me?
I could only answer his question with one of my own. Putting my hand over his mouth, I whispered, Which of us would not sell all we had to stay alive? — Emma Donoghue

So this is how the merchant ship won't follow us," I mumbled, "They aren't insane enough to join the party. — Katherine McIntyre

Lawyers are natural politicians. — Clarence Darrow

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy. — Cory Doctorow

We cannot hate those who we despise. — Eric Hoffer

Christianity does the opposite of Plato. The rejection of reality by philosophy today is the most astonishing thing imaginable. Perhaps it is the proximity of revelation, the ever greater pressure it exerts, that feeds this impulse. But I think that revelation is going to become obvious in the "end times," precisely because the Apocalypse marks the end, the pulling down of the mythological and philosophical screen that was erected against the truth. And since most people do not want to know the truth, this end can come about only in a violent fashion. The — Rene Girard

I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?" — Michael Ian Black

Ghosts don't scare me. Flesh and blood people do. — Ellen Hopkins