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> [She was quiet for a moment or two. Then she said: Cruel words are a terrible thing, Quash. Sometimes you regret them. But what's been said cannot be unsaid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/she-was-quiet-for-a-moment-or-two-then-she-said-cruel-words-are-a/)

[Edward Rutherfurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rutherfurd/)

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## More by Edward Rutherfurd

> [“imaginarias a lo largo”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/imaginarias-a-lo-largo/)

[Edward Rutherfurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rutherfurd/)

> [“However much you may fall in love, do not waste that love on a woman who is not considerate in return.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/however-much-you-may-fall-in-love-do-not-waste-that-love-on-a-woman/)

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> [For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I wrote my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/for-novelists-the-imagination-is-everything-the-trick-is-to-guide-one/)

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> [“but there was no need. For at that”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/but-there-was-no-need-for-at-that/)

[Edward Rutherfurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rutherfurd/)

> [“The old man had smiled kindly. “It is in their nature, child. God has made woman the weaker vessel.” It was an old belief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/the-old-man-had-smiled-kindly-it-is-in-their-nature-child-god-has/)

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> [She was quiet for a moment or two. Then she said: Cruel words are a terrible thing, Quash. Sometimes you regret them. But what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/she-was-quiet-for-a-moment-or-two-then-she-said-cruel-words-are-a/)

[Edward Rutherfurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rutherfurd/)

> [“I'll be damned if I'm going to miss the overture and finale when I've payed good money for it... You can go, but I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/i-ll-be-damned-if-i-m-going-to-miss-the-overture-and-finale-when-i-ve/)

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> [“I think you should weep, now. It's time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/i-think-you-should-weep-now-it-s-time/)

[Edward Rutherfurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rutherfurd/)

> [“It was politics and religion, in van Dyck’s private view, that made men dangerous. Trade made them wise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/it-was-politics-and-religion-in-van-dyck-s-private-view-that-made-men/)

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> [“Imagine. Freedom. Always.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/imagine-freedom-always/)

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> [“True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising. So few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/true-the-greater-part-of-the-irish-people-was-close-to-starvation-the/)

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> [“Don't you know there's another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/don-t-you-know-there-s-another-bubble-as-well-an-expectations-bubble/)

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> [“Gotham admired Maeve. By day she managed money, and did it brilliantly, but she didn't find it satisfied her intellect. She spoke four languages.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/gotham-admired-maeve-by-day-she-managed-money-and-did-it-brilliantly/)

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> [Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangerous-we-need-to-be-as-accurate/)

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> [Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/paris-city-of-love-city-of-dreams-city-of-splendor-city-of-saints-and/)

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