“Venetian laws last but a week. They keep making new laws because no one follows the old ones…. Or enforces them.” FreedomFamilyNovelStrengthFiction NovelTurmoilHopesAristocratic DaughtersNoblewomen Book:The Virgins of Venice Source: The Virgins of Venice
“Lice breeds lice, and sin breeds sin.” FreedomSinFamilyNovelStrengthFiction NovelHopesEmpowerAristocratic Daughters Book:The Virgins of Venice Source: The Virgins of Venice
“Knowing I should get into the habit of praying on my knees before bed, I shrugged and instead huddled under the bedcovers, the rose clasped in my hands close to my heart. The stem was very long, with all thorns removed, and an old Venetian saying came to mind: The longer the stem, the greater the love.” FictionHistoricalSecretsRenaissanceFiction NovelVeniceResearchedScandalsConventWomen S Saga Book:The Virgins of Venice Source: The Virgins of Venice
“We stood for a moment, the brackish canal water teething at the stone,the last of the stars fading as the sky transformed from black to indigo. A pair of swans like large white clouds floated on the water, their heads tucked under their wings, as a gondola pulled up, a lantern on the prow, the gondolier on the stern, rubbing his sleepy eyes.” FictionHistoricalInsightSecretsRenaissanceFiction NovelVeniceScandalsConventWomen S Saga Author:Gina Buonaguro