Quotes from Daniel Silva

Shamron nodded in agreement. Age had given him the ability to at least see his own shortcomings, even if it had robbed him of the time needed to remedy them.

Not possible. RhineBank doesn't hire anyone whose conscience wasn't removed at birth.

Thugs the world over loved nothing more than to look down on their vassals from a balcony.

face she could scarcely recall, the alcoholic brother who'd never worked a day in his life—but everything

both sides by terraces of small two-story

He was no longer in Russia, he thought. He was in a tsarist dreamland, imported from the West and built by terrorized peasants. Florence called to him from the facades of the Baroque palaces, and, crossing the Moyka River, he dreamed of Venice. He wondered how many bodies lay beneath the ice. Thousands, he thought. Tens of thousands. No other city in the world concealed the horrors of its past more beautifully than St. Petersburg.

if dubious figure, a look he described as dignified depravity. He was peering into his Sancerre and pretending to listen to something that Jeremy Crabbe, the director of the Old Master department at Bonhams, was murmuring excitedly into his ear.

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Morosov then reminded Gabriel of his impeccable lineage. He was, to borrow the term coined by the Russian philosopher and writer Zinoviev, a true Homo Sovieticus—a Soviet Man.

They arrived in Copenhagen aboard private jets and roared through its quaint streets in armored limousines powered by internal combustion engines. Perhaps one day the oil would run out and the planet would grow too hot to sustain human life. But for now at least, the extractors of fossil fuels still reigned supreme.

con quanta grazia Zurigo nasconde le sue ricchezze" pensò. Una gran parte dell'oro e dell'argentodi tutto il mondo era conservata nei caveau delle banche sotto i suoi piedi, ma non c'era nessuna odiosa torre di uffici a segnalare i confini del quartiere finanziario, ne altri monumenti dell'altre di accumulare denaro. solo discrezione e riservatezza. una donna denigrata che distoglie lo sguardo per nascondere la propria vergogna. la Svizzera

The cruelty of the desert had influenced the faith.

They even owned an automobile, a cherry-red Lada that on occasion actually performed the function for which it was designed and assembled.

Indeed, there were more blank spots on the canvas than those covered with pigment. Gabriel effectively had to repaint the entire work, incorporating the small

Safia Bourihane sat alone, her thumb on her detonator, her eyes on her watch. Carter raised the phone to his ear and again ordered Mikhail to leave the restaurant at once. Gabriel still couldn't

Change is good, Nouredine. It keeps everyone on their toes. – Christopher Keller

the economy of movement of a battery-powered toy.

By way of deception, thou shalt do war. —Motto of the Mossad

Some paintings are beyond repair, Ari. And so are some relationships. – Gabriel Allon

American presidents come and go, but we spies ensure. – Ari Shamron

the word assassin is derived from the Arabic hashashin

Natalie and Safia had never gone to L.L.Bean. 57 THE WHITE

I can be whoever you want me to be: CIA, FBI, DIA, an agency so fucking secret you've never heard of it before." -Gabriel Allon

So what are you planning to do with the rest of your life? Develop a drinking problem. More Scotch, please.