Quotes from Jeffrey Archer

God bless the Scots and their puritan upbringing

each ministry has an allocation of money to spend on projects agreed to by the government. Every Secretary of State is acutely aware that his tenure of office maybe very short, so he picks out a major contract for himself from the many available. It's the one way to ensure a pension for life if the government is changed overnight or the minister simply loses his job.

I have experienced both triumph and disaster, and, to quote Kipling, have treated those two imposters just the same.

stood as she left the table, and wondered if three

1 say to the leaders of this great country, why not allow your people the same privileges we in the West take for granted? You can start by releasing Anatoly Babakov and allowing his book to be published. That is, if you have nothing to fear from the torch of freedom. 1 will not rest until 1 can buy a copy of Uncle Joe at Hatchards on Piccadilly, Doubleday on Fifth Avenue, Dymocks in Sydney, and George's bookshop in Park Street, Bristol.

But I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of gray. I can best sum it up, my lord, by saying that it was an honor to have served Sir Nicholas Moncrieff and it has been a privilege to work with Mr. Cartwright. They are both oaks, even if they were planted in different forests. But then, m'lord, we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

Seven pounds, nine shillings and sixpence turned out to be the value they'd put on Arthur's life. I sat alone at the kitchen table, and I think that was the moment I knew I'd never see my husband again.

Just remember, New York isn't an offshoot of Bloomsbury. Forget refinement, understatement and irony. However much it's against your better nature, you'll have to learn to sell your wares like an East End barrow boy.

Parents, Maisie had learnt over the years, may be considered an unfortunate necessity by their offspring, but more often than not they are also an embarrassment.

Faint heart ne'er won a lady fair.

When a woman shows some leadership,' said Maisie, 'she's immediately branded as bossy, but when a man does exactly the same thing, he's described as decisive, and a born leader.

Legend has it that they were never apart for more than a few hours.

The hour of triumph is not a time to belittle your rivals. Rather, it is a time to be magnanimous.

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sometimes an abundance of sympathy can be more overwhelming than solitude. Giles

word in block capitals, and when he wasn't certain of the spelling he put down the possible alternative letters below; he wanted to be sure of any translation the first time. "My, you do work late," whispered a voice from behind him. Adam spun round, feeling like a burglar who had been

He recalled Old Jack's words after he'd scored a century at Lord's: anyone can be a good winner. The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat.

longer looking at the

He had never understood the niceties of life and it was too late to start learning now.

Fathers don't ask their children's permission to marry. In any case, I'm sure they'll be delighted.

Deakins is in my class but, frankly, he's in a different class.

Everyone should be allowed to follow their own conscience, Wainwright, when it comes to facing a moral dilemma. Bertrand Russell, no doubt, said Wainwright. Jesus Christ, actually, said George

Watson. He didn't wait for Nicky to recover before he added, 'I'm beginning to think, Miss Bailey, that in fact it was you who stole the ring

Knowles," said Emma