I've noticed Dracula was often as practical a fellow as he was a nasty one. — Elizabeth Kostova Dracula Copy Share Image
And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new? — Elizabeth Kostova Book Copy Share Image
It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with,… — Elizabeth Kostova Eras Copy Share Image
“Ich verstehe mit achtzig was ich mit siebzig noch nicht verstehen konnte, naemlich dass man am Ende so gut wie allen vergibt,… — Elizabeth Kostova Welt Copy Share Image
In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain… — Elizabeth Kostova Ends Copy Share Image
I've read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And perhaps there isn't, since hers was… — Elizabeth Kostova Companion Copy Share Image
The very worst impulses of humankind can survive generations, centuries, even millennia. And the best of our individual efforts can die with… — Elizabeth Kostova Century Copy Share Image
Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical… — Elizabeth Kostova Arms Copy Share Image
Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary… — Elizabeth Kostova Ability Copy Share Image
“In my mortal life, I saw mainly those texts that the church sanctioned--the gospels and the Orthodox commentary on them, for example.… — Elizabeth Kostova Christianity Copy Share Image
“I lay awake for hours in my twin bed next to the other, empty bed, feeling and hearing the spruces, the hemlocks,… — Elizabeth Kostova Nature Copy Share Image
“Imagine, Dracula a pawn in the hands of the infidel. I wasted no time there-I learned everything I could about them, so… — Elizabeth Kostova Betrayal Copy Share Image
