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Quotes from The Silver Pigs — Lindsey Davis

born 1949 England

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7 quotes

Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Senator, don't let your judgement be warped by one heady moment.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Emperors must make their own rules.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Some men are born lucky. Others are born Marcus Didius Falco.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

'How old now?'
'Thirty. Downhill to the dark boat across the Styx. Probably be sick over the side in Charon's ferry too…'

The Silver Pigs (1989)

I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps. If they start out with nothing I tend to get depressed because either they have just stripped off for someone else or, in my line of work, they are usually dead.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lindsey Davis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.