Quote by Donna Leon Download Open image ““I’ve always liked it about the Greeks that they kept the violence off the stage.”” — Donna Leon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“In theater, that's the whole thing about Greek tragedy. You take the audience through the—like, the realest shit, the tearing out the eyes or… — Riley Redgate Copy Share Image
“I know I am playing out some tragic Greek play and I´m horrified, but the show must go on.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“It has all the terrible beauty of a Greek tragedy, a tragedy in which I took a great part, but by which I have… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“...I like to see things through the lens of Greek tragedy, which teaches us, among other things, that real tragedy is never a straightforward… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“I told myself that historically when people do too well too quickly, they are a Greek tragedy waiting to happen.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“What did I brood on, sitting there in the classic pose with my elbows on my knees and my chin on my hands? We… — John Banville Copy Share Image
“Athens was ripped from their wealth and territory but their culture still lived on. This now engraved upon your memory, what decision shall you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In some ways grief anonymizes as powerfully as a Greek tragedy mask.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ? — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious levels?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he’d managed to create his own, different from ours, better.” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
