Quotes from Daniel Silva

That evening, a once-unfathomable sentence, composed by columnist Thomas L. Friedman, appeared in the New York Times: "There is overwhelming evidence that our president, for the first time in our history, is deliberately or through gross negligence or because of his own twisted personality engaged in treasonous behavior.

Russian Laundromat?

Shamron knew time could be hard on Russian men. they tended to age in the blink of an eye — young and virile one minute, wrinkled paper the next.

Schubert's String Quartet in D Minor

There is no doubt that the American invasion of Iraq in March 2003 created the seedbed from which ISIS sprang. And there is also no doubt that the failure to leave a residual American force in Iraq in 2011, combined with the outbreak of civil war in Syria, allowed the group to flourish and spread on two sides of an increasingly meaningless border. To dismiss the group as "un-Islamic" or "not a state" is wishful thinking and, ultimately, counterproductive and dangerous.

Everything I did, I did as a matter of conscience.

commissioned theft. Or, as Durand liked to describe it, he managed the acquisition of paintings that were not technically for sale.

The virus of modern anti-Semitism started here in Europe, but after the war it spread to the Arab world, where it mutated and grew stronger. Now Europe and the radical Muslims are passing it back and forth, infecting one another. -Eli Lavon

This is what happens when you send an Irishman to do a Russian's job.

Akimov had decided to throw caution to the wind and host a blowout

A very wise man once told me that hope is not an acceptable strategy when lives are at stake. - Gabriel Allon

quien tiene dos mujeres, pierde el alma, pero quien tiene dos casas pierde la razón.

She was also a gifted liar who had never been saddled with a cumbersome moral compass.

The European Community makes the life of the international terrorist much easier because, once inside a member nation, travel to the others is almost free of risk.

she had read once that the recovery time from a romantic relationship is equal to the life span of the relationship itself.

And your new employers?" asked the don. "Every bed has lice," said Keller. "Only the spoon," replied the don, "knows the pot's sorrows.

la vida dura lo que se tarda en pasar junto a una ventana.

A moment passed in silence. Then Gabriel asked, "What are you thinking now, Eli?" "I'm wondering why a beautiful young woman like that would risk her career to give a Russian journalist confidential financial documents about an important client." "Perhaps she has a conscience." "Not possible. RhineBank doesn't hire anyone whose conscience wasn't removed at birth.

De verdad la venganza puede curar una herida así?

A veces un terrorista vivo es más útil que un terrorista muerto.

No seas modesto en estos tiempos la valentía es un bien bastante escaso.

All of us make compromises in life. - Olivia Watson

The men and women pray separately," the Saudi observed archly. "Much to the dismay of more liberal Jews." "Perhaps we can change that." "Shwaya, shwaya," said Gabriel.

The marriage between hashish and terrorism," he said, "is as old as time itself. As you know, the word assassin is derived from the Arabic hashashin, the Shia killers who acted under the influence of hashish.