“[H]e initially conceived of Olivier as a man of the greatest promise destroyed by a fatal flaw, the unreasoning passion for a… — Iain Pears Destruction Copy Share Image
“The dance of capital, the harmony of a balance sheet, and the way these abstractions interact with people, their characters and desires,… — Iain Pears Business Copy Share Image
“I did very much hope that he wasn't frittering away his time on nonsense when he had a fantasy to dream about.” — Iain Pears Time Copy Share Image
God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family… — Iain Pears Book Copy Share Image
“Do you wish to speak in Provençal, French, or Latin? They are all I can manage, I'm afraid." "Any will do," the… — Iain Pears Arrogance Copy Share Image
“Although I do not need to be surrounded by others in order to feel alive, I do need some conversation and distraction.” — Iain Pears Communication Copy Share Image
The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be. — Iain Pears Done Copy Share Image
“And there will be no waste, I promise you," he went on, waving his finger in the air as he got into… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“I have brought peace to this land, and security," he began. "And what of your soul, when you use the cleverness of… — Iain Pears Corruption Copy Share Image
Every cataclysm is welcomed by somebody; there is always someone to rejoice at disaster and see in it the prospect of a… — Iain Pears Better world Copy Share Image
“Lying," he said out loud, hoping no one would hear. "I need to lie. Teach me, quickly." I wouldn't if I were… — Iain Pears Body movement Copy Share Image
“I had never before spent a night with a woman, had someone lying by my side in the quietness of the dark,… — Iain Pears Bible Copy Share Image
She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of… — Iain Pears Advice Copy Share Image
“[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we… — Iain Pears Action Copy Share Image
Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is… — Iain Pears Character Copy Share Image
“She had lost herself in this old work, her personality dissolving into it, so that she had been set free. The immortality… — Iain Pears Dissolution Copy Share Image
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But… — Iain Pears Absurdity Copy Share Image
“An in experienced traveler would imagine that their land contains the finest buildings, the biggest towns, the richest, best-fed, happiest people in… — Iain Pears Happiest people Copy Share Image
Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return… — Iain Pears Buddhism Copy Share Image
The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of… — Iain Pears Done Copy Share Image
“Caius was one of those who gloried in his ignorance, called his lack of letters purity, scorned any subtlety of thought or… — Iain Pears Civilization Copy Share Image
The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco) — Iain Pears Beauty Copy Share Image
