Donna Leon

“I've always been more interested in the question than the answer.”

“The most dangerous people are the ones who are certain they are right.”

“It is a great mistake to judge a person by their profession.”

“It is talking about pleasure that is the real perversion.”

“I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy life.”

“We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone.”

“To be a tourist is to be a kind of infant, to be faced with a world that is illegible.”

“Memory is a great betrayer.”

“I'm not a Luddite, but I am very suspicious of technology. I don't trust it.”

“People read to be amused, to be informed, to be elevated. I hope to do all three.”

“One of the most insidious and dangerous trends of the moment is the terror of being judged.”

“I have no television - I hate it.”

“Justice is an ideal, but it's not a reality.”