Frases de Susan Howatch

Susan Howatch é uma escritora britânica. Sua carreira é prestigiada pelos romances de saga familiar - tipos de romances que descrevem a vida de personagens da mesma família, no qual a trama se desenvolve durante o percurso de longos períodos no tempo. Seus últimos livros também se tornaram conhecidos pelos seus temas religiosos e filosóficos. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. Julho 1940
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Susan Howatch: Frases em inglês

“Boredom on social occasions is an inescapable hazard for the over-educated”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert
Contexto: Boredom on social occasions is an inescapable hazard for the over-educated, and for the over-ambitious it must be endured.

“Remember, everything passes, even the most unspeakable horrors”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert
Contexto: Again, be patient. And have courage. Remember, everything passes, even the most unspeakable horrors.

“Distrust grows out of lies. Wrong-doing grows out of distrust. Tragedy grows out of wrong-doing.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 3: John
Contexto: Distrust grows out of lies. Wrong-doing grows out of distrust. Tragedy grows out of wrong-doing. But out of honesty grows love and love's so powerful, it'll be like a suit of armour, protecting Robert, protecting you.

“Romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert
Contexto: Romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied, it anaesthesises them from the pain of their disordered second-rate lives [... ] If romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied then surely nostalgia is the opiate of the disillusioned, for those who see all their dreams come true and find themselves living in a nightmare.

“A rational disposition must necessarily preclude a romantic outlook in life”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert
Contexto: A rational disposition must necessarily preclude a romantic outlook in life, and only the failures of this world can afford to dispense with a rational disposition.

“True doppelgä ngers should never meet face-to-face, you know.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 5: Harry

“To be distracted is pardonable. To be incoherent is simply unobliging.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert

“There are standards of immorality as well as standards of morality, Robert. Make sure yours are high.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert

“What a bloody jungle income tax is! It's a wonder we don't all go on strike and refuse to pay.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 5: Harry

“Kester wrote about people and since human nature doesn't change his observations hadn't dated.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal

“I could always walk out on a husband. But I could never turn my back on a friend.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 2: Ginevra

“Little girls don't stay playmates. Little girls become big girls and big girls become sweethearts.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert

“Life's for living, not for mourning … Live in the present, not the past.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal

“Christ, all you psychiatrists think about is sex — sex, sex, sex, sex, sex …”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal

“One must be rational about such matters and being rational need not mean being cold.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert

“The English don't have opinions about the Irish. They have prejudices.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert

“Redemption's just a word and as I'm not a Christian it means nothing to me.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal

“But magic can't operate without a magician, and being a magician can beat a man to his knees.”

Susan Howatch livro The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal