The best Quotes by Louis Bayard

The best Quotes by Louis Bayard

Louis Bayard (born November 30, 1963) is an American author. His historical mysteries include The Pale Blue Eye, Mr. Timothy, The Black Tower, The School of Night, and Roosevelt's Beast.

If my characters didn't surprise me, I'd think there was something wrong.

Juni 2022

I used to be very clever about setting books in London, Paris, and that way I could justify research trips - that's what I do for my art, right?

February 2021

One of the things that draws us to the 19th century is that it's far enough away to feel exotic but close enough to be approachable. We can still recognize ourselves in those people, even as we see all the ways in which our lives have diverged from theirs.

August 2019

I try to be as historically accurate as possible, but I think the story's more important than the history.

March 2014

Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up.

The Pale Blue Eye

I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.

Mr. Timothy

I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.

The Black Tower

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I believe the dead haunt us because we love them too little.

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Man will do most anything to cheat death.

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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

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1

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

Oscar Wilde

Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free.

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A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.

Zeus in Hercules

11

Heart Heros Size

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince

121

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You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.

Johnny Depp

63

Heart Feelings & Emotions Seeing

The heart can be tough to change, but the mind can be tough to persuade.

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49

Heart Mind vs. Heart Head

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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37

I can hear you, you can hear me, when we listen with our hearts.

Belle in Beauty and the Beast

23

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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

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21

It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.

Charles Dickens

1

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

David Bailey

1

I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.

Boris Johnson

I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

John Cleese

London. The beating heart of England.

Enola Holmes in Enola Holmes

England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.

Daniel Radcliffe

Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.

Donatella Versace

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Tao Xu: "If he is even slightly mean to you...-"
Charlie: "...you'll murder him."
Tao Xu: "I was going to say I'd send him a strongly worded DM, but murder's fine too."

Tao Xu in Heartstopper - Season 1 Episode 5

1

It's kind of ironic. The more care you put into a murder, the harsher society judges you.

Joel Hammond in Santa Clarita Diet

1

You know what you are. What you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. The gods are never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing.

John Rambo in Rambo - IV

1

Murder is like potato chips: you can’t stop with just one.

Kai Parker in The Vampire Diaries

1

Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing.

Dmitry Glukhovsky in Metro - 2033

Well she was shot in the head so unless she tripped and fell on a bullet, it wasn't an accident.

Kate Beckett in Castle

Sylar: "All I know is that once I'm free from the temptation of my ability...-"
Matt: "You're going to be normal? I'm sorry, that ship sailed 50 murders ago."

Matt Parkman in Heroes

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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