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> [“Can you do it?' 'Maybe I can, and maybe I can't. But I am going to make MacDuff think that I can. And belief,' said Gabriel Love, with the smile of an angel, 'is a wonderful thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/can-you-do-it-maybe-i-can-and-maybe-i-can-t-but-i-am-going-to-make/)

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

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> [“Oh Lord, we thank Thee for this thy gift of lobster Newburg. And grant us also, if it be Thy will, control of the Hudson Ohio Railroad.' 'But we ain't wanting control of the Hudson Ohio," Sean softly objected. 'True,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/oh-lord-we-thank-thee-for-this-thy-gift-of-lobster-newburg-and-grant/)

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

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## Other authors on Said Gabriel

## 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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

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

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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