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Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) QUOTES

Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) QUOTES

1 " Around thrones the thunder rolls. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

2 " How men fear the chaos of the world, I thought, and the yawning eternity hereafter. So we build patterns to explain its terrible mysteries and reassure ourselves we are safe in this world and beyond. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

3 " If a ruler who wants to act honourably is surrounded by unscrupulous men, his downfall is inevitable. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

4 " In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

5 " That morning, for all I sat behind the stinking coffin of a murdered man, I found myself lulled along by the monks' beautiful, polyphonic chant. The psalms, and the Latin reading from Job, struck a chord.
'And thou sayest, how doth God know? Can he judge through the dark cloud? Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seest not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
Thick clouds indeed, I thought. I am still in a fog here. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

6 " This fashion for symbolic designs that people have to puzzle out, it tires me. There are enough real mysteries in the world.'
'But you paint, sir.'
'If ever I find time I do. But I try in my poor way to show people directly and clearly, like Master Holbein. Art should resolve the mysteries of our being, not occlude them further. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

7 " It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

8 " If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss? "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

9 " You untangle a knot with slow teasing, not sharp pulling, and believe me we have here a knot such as I have never seen. But I will unpick it. I will. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

10 " ...you should not insult yourself so, sir. Is there not enough suffering in the world? "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

11 " But since printing came in no one wants illustrated works, they are happy with these cheap books with their ugly, square letters all squashed together. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

12 " This new world was no Christian commonwealth; it never would be. It was in truth no better than the old, no less ruled by power and vanity. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

13 " The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

14 " he would skin a flea for the fat on its arse. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

15 " I will see you in the Bedlam, displayed as a warning of what perverted religion can do! "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

16 " And in my wilful blindness I had refused to see what was before my eyes. How men fear the chaos of the world, I thought, and the yawning eternity hereafter. So we build patterns to explain its terrible mysteries and reassure ourselves we are safe in this world and beyond. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

17 " One should always be afraid of danger." - Matthew Shardlake, Pg. 29 "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

18 " men fear the chaos of the world, I thought, and the yawning eternity hereafter. So we build patterns to explain its terrible mysteries and reassure ourselves we are safe in this world and beyond. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

19 " turning in my guts like a torsion. "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

20 " One can speak without understanding. What "

― C.J. Sansom , Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)