“ True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising. So few potatoes had been planted that, even if they escaped bight, the… Edward Rutherfurd
“ For the increase in the number of my Brennan cousins, Conall remarked dryly, we must thank the potato. Edward Rutherfurd
“ Don't you know there's another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the… Edward Rutherfurd
“ And he glanced down at Mercy beside him, and saw in her face such radiant goodness, such a calm certainty, that it seemed to him that if he could only be with her all his life, he should know a love,… Edward Rutherfurd
“ The English Church, it was claimed, was Catholicism purified and reformed. And what was the nature of this reform? The truth was that nobody, least of all Henry himself, had much idea. Edward Rutherfurd
“ Hay muchas clases de mujeriegos. A unos los mueve la vanidad o un sentimiento de poder; a otros, la avidez. Luc actuada movido por un simple motivo: una insondable curiosidad. Edward Rutherfurd
“ They say that people should be free to do as they like. That’s what I think. But if they start preaching at me, they can go to hell. Edward Rutherfurd
“ What has he done? he asked. The young man himself began to respond, but the youths cut him off. He started the Fire of London, sir, they cried. Even the day before, the rumours had begun. A fire like… Edward Rutherfurd
“ Always remember this, Henri. Men trade for profit. They are driven by greed. But debt is about fear, and fear is stronger than greed. The true power, the weapon that defeats all others, is debt. Fools… Edward Rutherfurd
“ The fault in his son lay not in his nature, which was honorable, but in his perceptions, which were limited. Edward Rutherfurd
“ I don’t want you to marry an ignorant man; and believe me, a happy marriage is a sharing of minds as well as of other things. Edward Rutherfurd
“ However much you may fall in love, do not waste that love on a woman who is not considerate in return. Edward Rutherfurd
“ England’s Protestant, they declared. Why else did we throw out the Stuarts? The government and their placemen are selling us down the river. If they’ll give way over Catholics, what will they give way… Edward Rutherfurd
“ A New Yorker can never be beat, Gorham, because he gets right back up again. Remember that. Edward Rutherfurd
“ Don’t rule your husband. But arrange the conditions in which he will make his choices. Edward Rutherfurd
“ Unfortunately he’s just sold all his stock. We gave him the funds today. Sold everything? I tried to persuade him not to, but he came in on Monday and said he’d decided not to tempt fate. The clerk sm… Edward Rutherfurd
