Quotes from Evelyn Anthony

There aren't many idealists in politics.

There is always a moment when you think of death as a way easier than life.

I hate people doing an emotional striptease. It's never genuine or they wouldn't drag outsiders in.

Because she was guilty and the dead were not at rest. In the night's silence she heard their voices on the wind.

Contrary to the belief of those outside it, the aristocratic upbringing of their generation was harsh and demanding of self discipline.

America was the worst place in the world in which to fail, fall sick, get old or die, because then your problems had crystallised into the unforgivable sin. Failure.