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> [“After the endless disappointing cups of Nescafé, served as though the tasteless dissolving granules of instant coffee were a delicacy, Alexis felt no cup of coffee had ever tasted as powerful and delicious as this. It seemed that nobody had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/after-the-endless-disappointing-cups-of-nescaf-served-as-though-the/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

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## More by Victoria Hislop

> [“Mount Olympus. This ever-changing sea. The tankers. The fishing vessels. I know you think I can't see them, but I could once. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/mount-olympus-this-ever-changing-sea-the-tankers-the-fishing-vessels/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“People always want to direct a visitor to their favourite place,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/people-always-want-to-direct-a-visitor-to-their-favourite-place/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“After the endless disappointing cups of Nescafé, served as though the tasteless dissolving granules of instant coffee were a delicacy, Alexis felt no cup…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/after-the-endless-disappointing-cups-of-nescaf-served-as-though-the/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“Dance halls were where young men and women conducted their courtships, and most had one clear objective: to find a spouse. Mercedes was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/dance-halls-were-where-young-men-and-women-conducted-their-courtships/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/books-are-the-essence-of-life-and-there-is-nothing-like-a-good-story/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“The sun rose, the moon saturated the night sky with its silver light and the stars blazed, indifferent to the events happening below them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/the-sun-rose-the-moon-saturated-the-night-sky-with-its-silver-light/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“They wound their way through a labyrinth of streets, partly following their noses, partly the orientation of the map. Jardines, Mirasol, Cruz, Puentezuelas, Capuchinas...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/they-wound-their-way-through-a-labyrinth-of-streets-partly-following/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“Like any collection of family photographs, it was a random selection that told only fragments of a story. The real tale would be revealed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/like-any-collection-of-family-photographs-it-was-a-random-selection/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“Being passive doesn't mean being subservient. Her power lay in how well she chose to respond. There was no subservience involved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/being-passive-doesn-t-mean-being-subservient-her-power-lay-in-how/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“Why do people stay together? Putting aside ‘for the sake of the children’, and ‘the habit of years’ and ‘economic reasons’ as lawyers’ nonsense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/why-do-people-stay-together-putting-aside-for-the-sake-of-the/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“Once she was face to face with the people who led the way their silence was unnerving. No one seemed to speak. They looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/once-she-was-face-to-face-with-the-people-who-led-the-way-their/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

> [“The parrot had a range of phrases. His own name ('Niko, Niko'), the name of his original owner and now 'Stavros'. Occasionally he would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-hislop/the-parrot-had-a-range-of-phrases-his-own-name-niko-niko-the-name-of/)

[Victoria Hislop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-hislop/)

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