Shush!” said Ambrogio to the dog, “I advise you to hide…

Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly…

— Anne Fortier

I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else.” “Not even my balcony door?” “Especially not your…

— Anne Fortier

...it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see.

— Anne Fortier

In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.

— Anne Fortier

Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me.

— Anne Fortier

I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure.

— Anne Fortier

“Juliet by Ann Fortier. The Maestro (Chapter5) ... the slight nausea he was feeling must be somewhat near what God was feeling every minute…

— Anne Fortier

Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.

— Anne Fortier

Only weak men want women to be weak.

— Anne Fortier

“There are some things," he said softly, "that a princess has to do alone.”

— Anne Fortier

“Happiness is the worst threat to my business. Dreams are what it's all about. Frustrations. Fantasies that never come true.”

— Anne Fortier

We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence.

— Anne Fortier

“The Salimbeni genes,” I observed, rolling my eyes, “are yet again rearing their ugly head. Let me guess, if we were married, you would…

— Anne Fortier

While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained keen…

— Anne Fortier

“The night belonged to the bold, to the crazed and to the artist--often one and the same”

— Anne Fortier