Quotes from Daniel Silva

Sun-tzu wrote that all warfare is based on deception. He preached that every battle is won or lost before it's ever fought.

lo que importa no es quien dispara, sino quien paga la bala.

Führer, a lie is the truth, only backward.

When one is making an omelet it is necessary to break eggs. - Saladin

a visiting congressman from Ohio. Inspired by the

Walther PPK from the pocket of his overcoat and gave it to Gabriel. "Thank you, Mr. Bond." "It's easy to conceal and packs quite a punch.

Taxi, monsieur?" "No, thank you." Keller slipped a five-euro note into the valet's outstretched hand and set out along the street.

He was one of those Americans who formed their impressions of life in the United Kingdom by watching reruns of Masterpiece Theater.

the organs of Russian state security rarely murder someone without a plan to cast the blame on someone else.

Yaakov had taken up a post hundred yards from the warehouse

saber cómo acaba la vida solo conseguiría estropear la historia.

are a man of extraordinary gifts. You don't need toys to make you happy.

Nothing worse doing is without risk. - Saladin

Que un hijo muera antes que su padre. Revierte el orden natural de las cosas. —Arrojó su cigarrillo al fuego—. Uno no puede llorar como es debido.

she said, exhaling a cloud of smoke into the cold night air. "You'll

Having been brought to the brink of insolvency, Switzerland's largest banks had been forced to suffer the indignity of a government bailout. Sensing weakness, foreign tax collectors were now clamoring for Swiss financial institutions to lift the veil of secrecy that had shielded their clients for centuries. The gnomes of Zurich, among the wiliest of God's creatures, had instinctively taken shelter and were waiting patiently for the inclement weather to pass.

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Nothing worth doing this without risk. – Saladin

Most stolen art is gone forever.... The lone bit of good news is that the better the painting, the better the odds it will someday be found. – Edward Dolnick, The Rescue Artist

the Americans did that. The president and his advisers were too quick to part ways with the Arab strongmen. Now the president's confronted with a world gone mad, and he doesn't have a clue as to what to do about it.

A terrible thing, isn't it?" "What's that, Ari?" "For the child to die before the parent. It upends the natural order of things.

You know what they say about family, don't you?" "What's that?" "It's the other F-word.

It is said that travelers who approach Geneva by train from Zurich are frequently so overcome by its beauty that they hurl their return tickets out of the window and vow never to leave.