“Happiness is the worst threat to my business. Dreams are what it's all about. Frustrations. Fantasies that never come true.” — Anne Fortier Business Copy Share Image
In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer. — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“But most important, it made me look as if I ate hidden heirlooms—and financial advisors—for breakfast.” — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
… "death turns all men into great lovers. Would that they were equally ardent while the lady was still alive! — Anne Fortier Alive Copy Share Image
“It was one of those moments that no scientist can ever reduce to numbers, try as she might.” — Anne Fortier Life Copy Share Image
By the time we left college, I had become my own image: a dandelion in the flower bed of society. Kinda cute,… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“Men always like to blame women for everything that goes wrong. Look at Adam and Eve.” — Anne Fortier Adam and eve Copy Share Image
Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part. — Anne Fortier Instinct Copy Share Image
“Shush!” said Ambrogio to the dog, “I advise you to hide, in case it is the horned one trying to get in.… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Romeo was cute …” “Cute?” Alessandro rolled his eyes. “What kind of man is cute?” “… and an excellent dancer …” “Romeo… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“Did your patron specify a motif? Usually I do a standard Virgin Mary from the waist up, and in this case I… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“I don’t know where I will be when you read this, but if I can, I will find you and whisper in… — Anne Fortier Goodness Copy Share Image
I am sorry I didn’t tell you the truth before. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to. You kept asking about Romeo… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Who is more amateurish, more vulnerable---those who rely on machines that need to be plugged in, or logged on, or in some… — Anne Fortier Computers Copy Share Image
For as long as I could remember, he had never worn a single piece of clothing that could be considered casual. Khaki… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“I should have never taught you girls to read! I suspect you have been reading the Bible behind my back-that is enough… — Anne Fortier Bible Copy Share Image
“The Salimbeni genes,” I observed, rolling my eyes, “are yet again rearing their ugly head. Let me guess, if we were married,… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“In fact, I shall drink several, and perchance the wine will send me straight to Paradise that I may meet her in… — Anne Fortier Wine Copy Share Image
She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women’s lives.… — Anne Fortier Ability Copy Share Image
Even as I pursued a doctorate in the history of ideas in my native Denmark, I realized I had neither the encyclopedic… — Anne Fortier Classical Copy Share Image
“Giulietta pressed the letter against her heart. "I know what you are thinking. You wish to protect me...And you think Romeo will… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“To me, there is only one God. An unnamed presence we'll never understand. Everything else is human politics. It was human beings… — Anne Fortier Hell Copy Share Image
“The night belonged to the bold, to the crazed and to the artist--often one and the same” — Anne Fortier Art Copy Share Image
...it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see. — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“If you want to keep the bad guys in check, make sure the good guys are armed.” — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“He is right. You have to feel it" - she reached out and touched a hand to my chest- "in here.” — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living. — Anne Fortier Death Copy Share Image
“Your poetry is mysterious. Do you intend me to comprehend you, or are you hoping that I mistake my own dullness for… — Anne Fortier Mysterious Copy Share Image
“Death turns all men into great lovers. Would that they were equally ardent while the body was still alive!” — Anne Fortier Death Copy Share Image
If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“It didn't really matter that we couldn't understand each other, what mattered were those little smiles and nods that said so much… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“Knights don’t cry.” “They certainly do,” said the Comandante, taking the boy’s hand, “but only when they are clean and dressed, and… — Anne Fortier Knights Copy Share Image
But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long… — Anne Fortier Beautiful Copy Share Image
“In her exquisite handwriting, Eva Maria anticipated that her clothes might not fit me perfectly. But, she concluded, it was better than… — Anne Fortier Fashion Copy Share Image
I wish I had the power to flip my reality upside down like an hourglass, and that life wasn't a finite affair,… — Anne Fortier Affair Copy Share Image
Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that… — Anne Fortier Age Copy Share Image
