“ I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation. A German plans a month in advance what his bowel movements will be at… Louis de Bernieres
“ Every Greek, man, woman, and child, has to two Greeks inside. We even have technical terms for them. They are a part of us, as inevitable as the fact that we all write poetry and the fact that every s… Louis de Bernieres
“ The couple sat side by side on cushions on the floor, quietly eating breakfast from the low table. They munched in happy and enjoyable silence, of the kind that grows like a vine through the long year… Louis de Bernieres
“ Sergeant Pietro Oliva was a good Catholic. He liked to go into a church and cross himself, genuflect to the alter, and then settle down to a little prayer and contemplation, savouring the coolness, th… Louis de Bernieres
“ We soldiers knew next to nothing about what was going on in the centres of power. We received so many orders and counter-orders that there were times when we did not obey any of them at all, knowing t… Louis de Bernieres
“ Don't give into him at all. Deny yourself. Because then your eyes will not be clouded by a madness that you cannot control, and then you will be able to learn to see him as he is. Do you understand? Louis de Bernieres
“ So the news that divorced fathers are to be denied a legal right to a relationship with their children, in the long overdue review of family law published this week, fills me with horror and despair. Louis de Bernieres
“ Pelagia put her hands on her hips, taking advantage of the superiority implicit in the fact that she was standing and he lying down. Louis de Bernieres
“ Tā ir mana morāle. Es piespiežu sevi iedomāties, ka tas attiecas uz mani personīgi. Louis de Bernieres
“ Only an island as lackadaisical as this would allow itself to be infested by such troupes of casual and impertinent goats. Louis de Bernieres
“ No one is every only one thing. Inside one person there are so many different people, and quite often they're at war with each other, and sometimes one of them is winning, and sometimes another. We're… Louis de Bernieres
“ Men are sometimes driven by things that to a women make no sense, but she did know that Corelli had to be with his boys. Honour and common sense; in the light of the other, both of them are ridiculous… Louis de Bernieres
“ Quando morrem aqueles que amamos, temos de viver por eles. Temos de ver as coisas pelos seus olhos. Temos de lembrar como é que eles costumavam dizer as coisas, e usar as palavras que eles usavam. Tem… Louis de Bernieres
“ There is only one thing worse than losing the one you love, and that is losing them without knowing why. If you are a dog, then your master is like a god to you, and the pain of losing him is greater… Louis de Bernieres
“ What do you learn at school, then?We learn about the Prophet and his three hundred authenticated miracles,and about Abraham and Isaac and Jonah and Omar and Ali and Hind and Fatima and the saints, and… Louis de Bernieres
