Iain Pears Quote

A hundred francs! Oh, dear me! It is worth millions of francs, my child. But my -- dealer -- here tells me that in fact a picture is worth only what someone will give for it. How much money do you have?Julia took out her purse and counted. Four francs and twenty sous, she said, looking up at him sadly.Is that all the money you have in the world?She nodded.Then four francs and twenty sous it is.

Iain Pears

A hundred francs! Oh, dear me! It is worth millions of francs, my child. But my -- dealer -- here tells me that in fact a picture is worth only what someone will give for it. How much money do you have?Julia took out her purse and counted. Four francs and twenty sous, she said, looking up at him sadly.Is that all the money you have in the world?She nodded.Then four francs and twenty sous it is.

Related Quotes

About Iain Pears

Iain George Pears (born 8 August 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist.