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Top 20 C.W. Gortner Quotes (2025 Update)

C.W. Gortner Quote: “Simplicity,” I said, “is true elegance. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed. Her clothing should be seen only after she herself is.”

1. “Simplicity,” I said, “is true elegance. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed. Her clothing should be seen only after she herself is.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “I admire you. You have learned to rise with the wind, rather than fight it. Too many people struggle to become what is expected of them, when, as we both know, what is expected of us is rarely what we desire.”

2. “I admire you. You have learned to rise with the wind, rather than fight it. Too many people struggle to become what is expected of them, when, as we both know, what is expected of us is rarely what we desire.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “Love is a treacherous emotion. You will fare better without it. We Medici always have.”

3. “Love is a treacherous emotion. You will fare better without it. We Medici always have.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “Nothing is the same afterward, is it? We carry on, as indeed we must, but we are never who we were.” He.”

4. “Nothing is the same afterward, is it? We carry on, as indeed we must, but we are never who we were.” He.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “Though I strived for spiritual and physical unity in all of Spain, I believed a truly great country, one that would endure for centuries, must be built on the foundation of a literate and well-rounded society.”

5. “Though I strived for spiritual and physical unity in all of Spain, I believed a truly great country, one that would endure for centuries, must be built on the foundation of a literate and well-rounded society.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “Do not make the mistake of thinking you’re unique, When we are young, we believe we can wrap life around our little finger, but life has a way of teaching us who is stronger. In The end, you are but a woman.”

6. “Do not make the mistake of thinking you’re unique, When we are young, we believe we can wrap life around our little finger, but life has a way of teaching us who is stronger. In The end, you are but a woman.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “After the night ended, she spun to me and yanked off her diadem. “There. I had my debut. I still hate parties.”

7. “After the night ended, she spun to me and yanked off her diadem. “There. I had my debut. I still hate parties.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “I turned on my heel and left her, exasperated that even as I worked my fingers to the bone to liberate women from our cloth chains, our minds remained as closed as ever to the possibility that we might deserve more than a husband, children, and growing old cooking sausage.”

8. “I turned on my heel and left her, exasperated that even as I worked my fingers to the bone to liberate women from our cloth chains, our minds remained as closed as ever to the possibility that we might deserve more than a husband, children, and growing old cooking sausage.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “Where was it written that I, child of no one, deserved such joy? It only happened at night, this abyss of dread, never during the day. Only in the empty hours between today and yesterday, when I was alone with my sleeping lover and the weight of the past crept upon me like a reproachful ghost.”

9. “Where was it written that I, child of no one, deserved such joy? It only happened at night, this abyss of dread, never during the day. Only in the empty hours between today and yesterday, when I was alone with my sleeping lover and the weight of the past crept upon me like a reproachful ghost.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “Sometimes it’s the simplest things we should most long for.”

10. “Sometimes it’s the simplest things we should most long for.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “What we do not earn ourselves,” he said, “is never truly ours.”

11. “What we do not earn ourselves,” he said, “is never truly ours.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “But we are each created in God’s image and must be allowed to seek our path to Him in our own way.”

12. “But we are each created in God’s image and must be allowed to seek our path to Him in our own way.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “What we do not earn ourselves,” he said, “is never truly ours. It can always be taken away. But even if we lose everything we work for, the achievement is ours forever.”

13. “What we do not earn ourselves,” he said, “is never truly ours. It can always be taken away. But even if we lose everything we work for, the achievement is ours forever.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “I fear I lose myself among books. I forget everything.”

14. “I fear I lose myself among books. I forget everything.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “And opportunities are like stories in books,” I retorted. “All we need do is pick one.”

15. “And opportunities are like stories in books,” I retorted. “All we need do is pick one.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “Since fortune was dragging its heels, I would lure it out with my hard work.”

16. “Since fortune was dragging its heels, I would lure it out with my hard work.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “And I vowed that were it ever within my power, I would see to it that he had his voyage.”

17. “And I vowed that were it ever within my power, I would see to it that he had his voyage.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “You’ll fare beer without love. We Medici always do.” As soon as I spoke, I regretted it. I’d remembered Papa Clement’s phrase exactly, used it to the same horrid purpose. I saw her flinch, take a small step back. I wanted to console her, to somehow ease the harsh reality of what I’d said. But I could not. I would not lie to her nor pretend the task I set before her was anything other than what it was: an act of submission, which could entail the loss of her youthful dreams.”

18. “You’ll fare beer without love. We Medici always do.” As soon as I spoke, I regretted it. I’d remembered Papa Clement’s phrase exactly, used it to the same horrid purpose. I saw her flinch, take a small step back. I wanted to console her, to somehow ease the harsh reality of what I’d said. But I could not. I would not lie to her nor pretend the task I set before her was anything other than what it was: an act of submission, which could entail the loss of her youthful dreams.”

— C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner Quote: “There are many ways to obtain our desires, ma petite. Remember that, for it will serve you well.”

19. “There are many ways to obtain our desires, ma petite. Remember that, for it will serve you well.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “No truth can be determined that concerns the future.”

20. “No truth can be determined that concerns the future.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “Every step I took could lead me to glory or tragedy; every choice I made had a consequence. My fate was in my hands.”

21. “Every step I took could lead me to glory or tragedy; every choice I made had a consequence. My fate was in my hands.”

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C.W. Gortner Quote: “GRIEF IS SELFISH. It enshrouds us, clutches us to its desiccated breast like an anxious mother. It does not want us to leave, though we know we must if we are to survive. Only madness lies ahead for those who cannot escape it, for grief will consume those who have nothing else to live for.”

22. “GRIEF IS SELFISH. It enshrouds us, clutches us to its desiccated breast like an anxious mother. It does not want us to leave, though we know we must if we are to survive. Only madness lies ahead for those who cannot escape it, for grief will consume those who have nothing else to live for.”

— C.W. Gortner

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