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The Dust That Falls from Dreams QUOTES

The Dust That Falls from Dreams QUOTES

1 " She was beginning to understand that it is not enough to love someone deeply; you also have to learn to love them well. "

― Louis de Bernières , The Dust That Falls from Dreams

2 " Christmas is such a trial,’ said Mrs McCosh. ‘I do most sincerely wish the Lord had been born at some other time. "

― Louis de Bernières , The Dust That Falls from Dreams

3 " Soldiers planted like vegetables waiting for the day of harvest. … everything is more intense at night, perfectly beautiful, and when the wind shifts and the reek of rotting meat vanishes for a few blessed minutes you can smell the sweet scent of the countryside. "

― Louis de Bernières , The Dust That Falls from Dreams

4 " Distinguée? In what sense might a maid be distinguée? "

― Louis de Bernières , The Dust That Falls from Dreams

5 " half Scottish, respectable, and imbued with the powerful emotional restraint that those races have inherited somehow (via God knows what route) from the Spartans. It was a matter of self-conquest, refusal to show weakness, refusal to become a burden to others. This inheritance does not diminish one’s natural sympathies, it merely makes them harder to express and to receive, and it is a legacy which it is extremely hard to unlearn. "

― Louis de Bernières , The Dust That Falls from Dreams