“...I had decided to tidy up a bit. Actually it hadn't really been a choice. The situation had got out of hand, particularly because of the books. Apart from those on the shelves, there were books everywhere. On the floor,… — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image
“For those few minutes I experienced a feeling of complete mastery, a perfect, unstable equilibrium. The kind of perfection that belongs only to things… — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image
“Power – any form of power – is acceptable only if it’s transparent and clean, if it’s exercised in a way that is equal… — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image
“Melissa arrived punctually a few minutes after eight. She was on foot and her attire was an incitement to crime.” — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image
“Somebody once said that all people are either intelligent or stupid, and either lazy or enterprising. There are lazy idiots, usually irrelevant and innocuous; then there are the intelligent and ambitious, who can be given important tasks to perform. The greatest achievements, in all fields, are nearly always the work of those intelligent and lazy. But one thing should be… — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share
“Together we proceeded on our way towards catastrophe. [Depressed lawyer and his unsuspecting clients.]” — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image
“...I had decided to tidy up a bit. Actually it hadn't really been a choice. The situation had got out of hand, particularly because… — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image