Montalbano Quotes

#1. Montalbano and Valente seemed not to have heard him, looking as if their minds were elsewhere. But in fact they were paying very close attention, like cats that, keeping their eyes closed as if asleep, are actually counting the stars.

Andrea Camilleri

#2. Montalbano felt moved. This was real friendship, Sicilian friendship, the kind based on intuition, on what was left unsaid. With a true friend, one never needs to ask, because the other understands on his own accordingly.

Andrea Camilleri

#3. One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.

John Piper

#4. Learn to see past the flaws and you will understand the perfection of the Universe.

Ka Chinery

#5. The Inspector stood up. Worried. Fonso Spalato fell silent.
'What's wrong?' he said, ready to jump out of his chair and start running.
'Do you mind if I whinny again?' the inspector politely asked

Andrea Camilleri

#6. Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Norman Mailer

#7. I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.

Madeleine Albright

#8. Is there a purpose to this visit, or may I return to my book?

Sarah J. Maas

#9. The church doesn't have a mission; there is a mission, and it has the church.

James Emery White

#10. A Guardian is only as strong as its Muse.

Susie M. Hanley