01UndatedWhat are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that Johannes spoke of in his study. Or to be happy in them, at least.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
02UndatedA piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into beingJessie Burton / quote ↗
03UndatedLike most artists, everything I produced was connected to who I was - and so I suffered according to how my work was received. The idea that anyone might be able to detach their personal value from their public output was revolutionary.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
04UndatedI’m doing the absolute opposite of giving myself away. As far as I’m concerned, I’ll be completely visible. If the painting sells, I’ll be in Paris, hanging on a wall. If anything, I’m being selfish. It’s perfect; all the freedom of creation, with none of the fuss.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
05UndatedYou are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
06UndatedThis city is like no other city in the world. It is brilliant but it is bloated, and I've never called it homeJessie Burton / quote ↗
08UndatedThe rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
09UndatedBecause, Petronella - it's something in his soul. It's something in his soul and you can't get it out.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
10UndatedAll we can do if we're lucky is stich up the mistakes other people make.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
11UndatedThat may be. But to decide that I was never going to live as a proper woman was not your choice to make.' 'What do you mean a proper woman?' 'A proper woman marries - she has children -' 'Then what does that make me? Am I not a proper woman? Last time I looked I certainly was.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
12UndatedLove your children, for they are the seeds that will make this city bloom.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
14UndatedTake care, take care. This city thrives! It's money gives you wings to soar. But it is a yoke on your shoulders and you would do well to take note of the bruise around your neck.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
15UndatedBelieve it or don't believe it, Madame. But my feet are tired too. Bloody tired. Like a dead man's.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
20UndatedThe night darkens, the stars unfriendly, the cold a knife upon her neck - but Nella waits, until she can no longer difference between Johannes and the darkness that carries him away.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
24UndatedI felt nothing change in the room, except the shock of my voice alone and the peculiar euphoria one feels in the wake of applause, feeling at once cheapened and triumphant.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
