Quotes from Daniel Silva

Where are these so-called moderate Muslims one always hears about in the press? Do they exist or are they merely figments of our imagination? If one insults the Prophet Muhammad, our Muslim countrymen pour into the streets in a sacred rage and threaten us with beheading. But when one of them commits murder in the Prophet's name..." "The silence is deafening.

life of a professional spy as one of constant travel and mind-numbing boredom broken by interludes of sheer terror.

With his pewter-colored locks and sturdy jaw, Graham Seymour was the archetypal British civil servant, a man who'd been born, bred, and educated to lead. He was handsome, but not too; he was tall, but not remarkably so. He made others feel inferior, especially Americans.

He felt as though the bones of his ribcage were snapping beneath the weight of the stone that God had laid over his heart.

We dare to fight back, and the terrorists accuse us of being the real terrorists." "It's their secret weapon, Mikhail. Get used to it.

It is a truism that no profession welcomes the end of the work week with more anticipation than teachers.

You see, Allon, in the art world, perception is reality. - General Cesare Ferrari

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. —HONORÉ DE BALZAC

America could leave the Middle East, thought Gabriel, but the Middle East would follow it home.

more evil has been carried out in the name of religion than any other force in human history.

They sat in an awkward, embarrassed silence for a moment, the way Englishmen are apt to do after sharing private thoughts.

That was the only thing Washington was good at these days—recriminations and apportionment of blame. There was once a time, during the darkest days of the Cold War, when American foreign policy was characterized by consensus and steadfastness. Now the two parties could not agree on what to call the enemy, let alone how to combat him.

The soil of the sacred city is filled with the remnants of empires that miscalculated. Jerusalem is the city of God. But it is also a gravestone to the folly of man. – Holy Father

BLOOD NEVER SLEEPS.

Gabriel was remarried, a father, and the chief of the Office. The restorer was restored.

How about a global pandemic? A novel strain of influenza for which we humans have no natural defense.

Do unto others before they have a chance to do unto you.

We all choose the life we lead. – Christopher Keller

Vicary had decided he wanted to contribute. He wanted to do something instead of watching the world through his well-guarded window.

The owner doesn't ask questions about where the painting has been. He's just happy to have it hanging on his wall again.

She believed that "British cuisine" was an oxymoron

I, however, am a source of unvarnished truth, even when it hurts. – Oliver Dimbleby

Wasn't it Moses who dispatched a team of agents to spy out the land of Canaan?" "History's first intelligence failure," said Gabriel. "Imagine how things might have turned out for the Jewish people if Moses had chosen another plot of land.

The first attempted coup in the history of the United States of America had failed.