Foreshadow Quote by Alan Furst Download Open image ““This year, of course, being 1936, there would be no figs.”” — Alan Furst ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Foreshadow
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“eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.” — Bible Copy Share Image
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“There's a French saying, ‘Où le Dieu a vous semé, il faut savoir fleurir.’ Let's see, ‘Wherever God has planted you, you must know… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
I don't just want my books to be about the '30s and '40s. I want them to read as if they had been written… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
“Home at that moment was a starless night, a steady wind, not a human to be seen.” — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
“when at last they’d had to admit to themselves that they’d made all the love they could, had been a last meal. Like” — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated. — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus: the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
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“The shining light of Logres shone as high and clear as ever, but as a candle flares before it gutters out.” — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
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