Gabrielle Roy Quotes

Of all things that can happen to us, triumph is the most difficult to endure when we are alone. Deprived of witnesses, it shrinks at once.

Gabrielle Roy

Quotes to Explore

I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.

Barney Ross
- Up
- Alone
- Blue
It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.

Dan Gelber
- Control
- Difficult
- Run
You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.

Gail Collins
- People
- Good
- Long
When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.

Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Alone
- Sleep
- I Can
The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.

Ian Rankin
- Control
- Red
- Difficult
Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'

W. H. Davies
- Up
- Man
- Alone