Quotes from Daniel Silva

No había nada más peligroso, pensó, que un hombre paciente.

We've known for some time that the peace conferences have become a meeting space for Al-Qaeda operatives and European extremists of both the left-wing and right-wing variety. – Ari Shamron

An American air strike ended Zarqawi's life in June 2006, and by the end of the decade al-Qaeda in Iraq had been decimated. But in 2011 two events conspired to revive its fortunes: the outbreak of civil war in Syria and the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq. Now known as ISIS, the group rose from the ashes and rushed into the power vacuum along the Syria–Iraq border.

Where is he?" "Five miles due west of Ajaccio." The don smiled. "Or thereabouts." "Alive one hour," said Keller, quoting a Corsican proverb, "dead the next.

What's your point?" "My point is that revenge is good. Revenge is healthy. Revenge is purifying." "Revenge only leads to more killing and more revenge. For every terrorist we kill, there's another boy waiting to step forward and pick up the stone or the gun. They're like sharks' teeth: break one and another will rise in its place.

You know what they say about vengeance?" "What's that?" "'If you live to seek revenge, dig a grave for two.'" "That's a very old Arab proverb." "It's Jewish, actually.

Megiddo, the hillock where, according to the Book of Revelation, Christ and Satan would wage a climactic duel that would bring about the end of days.

When counterterrorism officers feel optimism, innocent people usually end up dead. - Gabriel Allon

Langley estimates that because of global warming, the south of England will one day be among the world's largest producers of premium wine.

Left to its own devices, the Kingdom would return to what it once was, an arid land of warring desert nomads.

Complacency, he had warned her, was an illegal's greatest enemy

He who lives an immoral life dies an immoral death - Corsican proverb

Do with him what you will. I'm not going to cry over a little spilled blood. Just make certain none of it splashes on me.

They really were insufferable, she thought, these pampered millennial snowflakes with their yoga mats and their designer leggings and their contempt for concepts such as hard work and competition. She only wished she'd brought along a packet of L&Bs. One whiff of smoke would have sent them scurrying.

The Tsar is the most powerful man in the world, never forget that.

As for forgiveness, Don Orsati is unfamiliar with the word.

All the blackmailers and extortionists I've ever met have impeccable manners. - Julian Isherwood

One hand washes the other, and both hands wash the face." "A very old Jewish proverb.

To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune

life was a journey best taken without aid of a map.

For a man of the secret world, you have a rather famous face.

His civilization had flourished for thousands of years in the harsh and unforgiving land of Mesopotamia before anyone had ever heard of a place called America. And it would survive long after the great American experiment receded into history. Of this, Saladin was certain. All great empires eventually collapsed. Only Islam was forever. The

We have to change, Rafiq." "Islam is the answer!" "Islam is the problem, habibi.

The Americans came in force, the French in style.