Lisbon Quotes

18 quotes by 10 authors

Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for… — Calvin Trillin
So-called real life has only once interfered with me, and it had been a far cry from what the words, lines, books had prepared me… — Cees Nooteboom
Its subtlest, most appealing accomplishment may be in how other characters respond to Gregorius' precipitous swerve onto the spiritual path. (...) That said, Night Train… — Michelle Huneven
I have read some of [the Lisbon Treaty] but not all of it. — Caroline Flint
It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty. — William Hague
I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment. — Angela Merkel
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the… — Jose Saramago
I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the… — Jose Saramago
On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide- it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese- the two paramedics… — Jeffrey Eugenides
In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to… — Jeffrey Eugenides
They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves… — Jeffrey Eugenides
that since Ceciliaâ€™s suicide, the Lisbonâ€™s could hardly wait for the night to forget themselves in sleep — Jeffrey Eugenides
The window was still open.â€ Mr Lisbon said. â€œI donâ€™t think weâ€™d ever remembered to shut it. It was all clear to me. I knew… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Luxâ€™s frequent forged excuses from phys. Ed. She always used the same method, faking the rigid tâ€™s and bâ€™s of her motherâ€™s signature and then,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
For the eternity that Lux Lisbon looked at him, Trip Fontaine looked back, and the love he felt at that moment, truer than all subsequent… — Jeffrey Eugenides
It was the combination of many factors... With most people, suicide is like Russian roulette. Only one chamber has a bullet. With the Lisbon girls,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic. — Vaclav Klaus
If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon… — Wolfgang Schauble

Who Wrote These Lisbon Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 18 Lisbon Quotes as follows: