“Restoration” quotes
(1995)“Restoration” Quotes 10 quotes
“Every man on earth has his leaving step. If my husband had been a small man, he would not have been able to leave me. But he was a large man, and stepped over me as I slept, one great stride.”
“Fear is our greatest enemy, and hope is our greatest weapon against the disease.”
“We live in an age when many are made fools and many are deceived.”
“The fire in its fury has consumed the great plague. Misfortune may leave behind unlooked-for blessings... none dearer than you, my little Margaret. I will return to the city, to my work as a doctor, and the rebuilding of the King's Hospital. The stars that once confused me seem now to light a path that is clear, that I have in truth been...” (continue)(continue reading)
“I must restrain my farts and do something altogether more productive.”
“Love was the only thing not asked of you. Indeed it was the only thing expressly forbidden of you.”
“My first patient was a frog, I cured him of jumping. Now I can cure people of breathing.”
“- Katharine: In Ireland a man with a horse, a cart and a book he knows how to read is the catch of the county.
- Robert Merivel: Well, perhaps when we have made fire of the cart and eaten the horse and wiped our asses with the book, you'll become better acquainted with what you have caught.”“I have done the one thing forbidden by the king. I have fallen in love with my wife.”
“For her husband, I need a man who is far too enamored of women in general to make the mistake of loving one in particular.”
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