“We never just sit around in the semi-dark and think. Modern information sources leave no time to think.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“From the subjective perspective, he may seem cruel, even wicked. But the glory of the man is to be found in the… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics - especially if you're… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“A comrade who deserts a comrade is a cowardly dog, and all such dogs should die a dog's death, comrade -” — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“The Greek philosopher Epictetus recognised this two thousand years ago when he wrote: ‘What disturbs and alarms man are not the things… — Robert Harris Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Every evil is easily crushed at birth; allow it to become established and it always gathers strength.” — Robert Harris Evil Copy Share Image
“The destination of the journey could not be altered, only the manner in which one approached it - whether one chose to… — Robert Harris Choices Copy Share Image
“This sort of talk always bores me: old men complaining that the world is going to the dogs. It’s so banal.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot… — Robert Harris Character Copy Share Image
A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“the likeness was stricking. Not exact, of course - no man ever looks exactly like his father - but there was something… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“Travel is sold as freedom, but we were about as free as lab rats. This is how they'll manage the next Holocaust,… — Robert Harris Freedom Copy Share Image
“She had the resigned indifference of extreme old age. Buildings and empires rose and fell. It snowed. It stopped snowing. People came… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“like interviewing a new cleaner. Do you want someone who can give you the history of cleaning and the theory of cleaning,… — Robert Harris History Copy Share Image
I like to take people you wouldn't really think people would write novels about: an aqueduct engineer, a code-breaker, a hedge-fund manager.… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Then came a volley of colorful abuse, delivered in such an imperious voice, at at such a volume, that Terentia's distant ancestor,… — Robert Harris Hannibal Copy Share Image
By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question. — Robert Harris Dawn Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more important to a nation than its history. It is the earth upon which any society stands.” — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done. — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them. — Robert Harris Bloodsuckers Copy Share Image
“In fact fear is probably the strongest human emotion, period. Whoever woke at four in the morning because they were feeling happy?” — Robert Harris Emotion Copy Share Image
“The natural impulse of men is to follow, he thought, and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate the… — Robert Harris Nature Copy Share Image
“No one who ever follows their conscience ever does wrong. The consequences may not turn out as we intended; it may prove… — Robert Harris Conscience Copy Share Image
The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate. — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Cicero himself appeared, hand in hand with Tullia, nodding good morning to everyone, greeting each by name (“the first rule in politics,… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“And the great thing about money is that it doesn’t matter when you harvest it. It’s an all-year crop.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was… — Robert Harris Blind Copy Share Image
“the wise man never assumes anything, never regrets anything, is never wrong, never changes his mind.” — Robert Harris Psychology Copy Share Image
But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us feel, when we look at the Dow Jones plunging, alienated - you do feel as if… — Robert Harris Alien Copy Share Image
I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning… — Robert Harris Best things Copy Share Image
“He glanced around the reading room and closed his eyes, trying to keep hold of the past for a minute longer, a… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
[Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products. — Robert Harris Boxer Copy Share Image
“I read a lot of bad books- books so bad that they aren't even published,which is quite a feat, when you consider… — Robert Harris Books Copy Share Image
“Remember as a child how mommy’s concern made you feel valued? We all need to be valued and attended to, even when… — Robert Harris Child Copy Share Image
“The most important thing in any endeavour is to get involved in the fight, and in that way learn what to do… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“A crock of shit,” Rick had called it. But actually this was worse. Shit, to quote Gore Vidal, has its own integrity.… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“History wasn't made without taking risks, that much he knew. So maybe sometimes you had to take risks to write it, too?” — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“Brave words. Easy to write when one was young and death was still skulking over a distant hill somewhere... - Pg. 82” — Robert Harris Bravery Copy Share Image
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