# Agent of Byzantium

- Author: [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md)
- Quotes: 13
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium

## Quotes

> Research seemed a more profitable way to spend his time than mourning.

p. 90 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/research-seemed-a-more.md)

> His eyes were black and shiny; he had somehow the air of a man who saw things no one else did. Whether those things were actually there, Argyros was not sure.

p. 266 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/his-eyes-were.md)

> Beauty was too rare in the world to be wasted.

p. 246 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/beauty-was-too.md)

> “The Holy Spirit will guide the assembled fathers to the truth,” the magistrianos said confidently. Being a veteran of years of bureaucratic infighting, he added, “Of course, we may have to help things along a bit.”

p. 225 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/the-holy-spirit.md)

> “Mobs,” Corippus said scornfully. “The bravest bastards in the world, till somebody fights back.”

p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/mobs-corippus-said.md)

> “Why?” he cried, a groan that filled the room.
>
> “Ask God when you come before Him in judgment,” Riario said. “I intend to. He’d best have a good answer, too, or I’ll make Him pay. One day I had a wife I loved, two daughters I couldn’t afford to dowry, and a face I didn’t mind seeing in a mirror. A couple of weeks later…

p. 77 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/why-he-cried.md)

> There was, he remembered, far more to love than what went on in bed, but that had its place too.

p. 281 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/there-was-he-remembered.md)

> As riots have a way of doing, this one was rapidly outgrowing the incident that had spawned it.

p. 208 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/as-riots-have.md)

> I am not especially wise, but I am especially stubborn.

p. 101 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/i-am-not.md)

> He’s had less use for me outside the bedchamber since I stopped telling him things he wanted to hear.

p. 297 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/hes-had-less.md)

> [Dr.] Riario’s laugh was harsh. “I hate smallpox, and even more I hate being helpless against it. If it’s God’s curse as they say, why, I curse God back for it.”

p. 68 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/dr-riarios-laugh.md)

> Whether the bear beats the lion or the lion the bear, the rabbit always loses.

p. 20 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/whether-the-bear.md)

> Some people blame the devil to keep from owning up to their shortcomings.

p. 17 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/agent-of-byzantium/some-people-blame.md)