Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies,… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“Your scorn for mediocrity blinds you to its vast primitive power. You stand in the glare of your own brilliance, unable to see into… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
Ripe for romance? Is that not only the self-conscious and sensitive young man's way of saying he was heavy with passion? Is not, perhaps,… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“It's not Americans I find annoying; it's Americanism: a social disease of the postindustrial world that must inevitably infect each of the mercantile nations… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life. — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“Confession is good for the soul, it empties the spirit making more room for sin.” — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“It is a truism of American politics that no man who can win an election deserves to.” — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“Niko? I have decided to christen this little pool Le Cagot's Soul." "Oh?" "Yes. Because it is clear and pure and lucid." "And treacherous… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
