“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. —HONORÉ DE BALZAC” — Daniel Silva Balzac Copy Share Image
“life is just as long as the time it takes to pass by a window.” — Daniel Silva Life Copy Share Image
“He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.” — Daniel Silva Life-of-a-spy Copy Share Image
“the gentle melancholia that afflicts country people when the warm weather is ending.” — Daniel Silva Warm weather Copy Share Image
“ Look at the snow, the woman was saying to the child. The snow absolves Vienna of its sins. The snow falls… — Daniel Silva Absolution Copy Share Image
“And your new employers?” asked the don. “Every bed has lice,” said Keller. “Only the spoon,” replied the don, “knows the pot’s… — Daniel Silva Lice Copy Share Image
“He looked older, harder, perhaps wiser. The Middle East was like that. It turned hope to despair, idealists into Machiavellians.” — Daniel Silva Middle east Copy Share Image
“Vicary had decided he wanted to contribute. He wanted to do something instead of watching the world through his well-guarded window.” — Daniel Silva Contribute Copy Share Image
“I can be whoever you want me to be: CIA, FBI, DIA, an agency so fucking secret you've never heard of it… — Daniel Silva Secret Copy Share Image
“Wasting the valuable time of others, thought Rousseau, was a bureaucrat’s ultimate revenge.” — Daniel Silva Revenge Copy Share Image
“The Europeans thought they could take in millions of immigrants from the poorest regions of the Muslim world and turn them into… — Daniel Silva Islam Copy Share Image
“Warm glazed potatoes with caviar, tapioca, and herbs; yellowfin tuna ribbons with avocado, spicy radish, and ginger marinade; diver scallops with caramelized… — Daniel Silva Food Copy Share Image
“To understand Russia today, you must understand the trauma of the nineties. Everything we had, everything we had been told, was swept… — Daniel Silva Basket Case Copy Share Image
“After more than five years, some agents might be tempted to become complacent. Catherine would never become complacent. It was one of… — Daniel Silva Complacent Copy Share Image
“The notion that modern England might not be a cultural paradise appeared to come as a shock to Brady Boswell. He was… — Daniel Silva United kingdom Copy Share Image
Erudite and entertaining, Max Anderson is the perfect tour guide to the world of art. The Quality Instinct is both educational and… — Daniel Silva Art Copy Share Image
“The sky was a dome of pale blue streaked with alabaster. Crossing the Stephansplatz, he was nearly toppled by the wind. It… — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
“IT SEEMS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE, but there was once a time when human beings did not feel the need to share their… — Daniel Silva Immortality Copy Share Image
“But I’ve come to realize that this continent is dying a slow death. Europe is receding quietly into history. It’s old and… — Daniel Silva Death Copy Share Image
“Retirement had robbed Arbatov of his edge. Like most old men who live alone, he had settled into a carefully scripted daily… — Daniel Silva Habits Copy Share Image
“IN THE fifteenth century, a swampy parcel of land in the sestieri of Cannaregio was set aside for the construction of a… — Daniel Silva Etymology Copy Share Image
“A gust of cool wind moved in the curtains and made shadows dance and play for her on the walls of the… — Daniel Silva Affairs Copy Share Image
“I suppose it’s true what they say. The spouse is always the last to know.” — Daniel Silva Marriage Copy Share Image
“Only a man with a damaged canvas of his own can truly be a great restorer.” — Daniel Silva Artist Copy Share Image
“It was a technique as old as the bazaar, the willingness to walk away from a deal.” — Daniel Silva Negotiation Copy Share Image
“But that’s the beauty of American cable news, darling. It doesn’t have to be credible. It just has to be entertaining.” — Daniel Silva Beauty Copy Share Image
“We don’t always get to choose our assets, he reminded himself. Sometimes they choose us.” — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
“I suppose I needed to share it with her. I suppose I needed someone to forgive me.” — Daniel Silva Forgive Copy Share Image
“more evil has been carried out in the name of religion than any other force in human history.” — Daniel Silva Evil Copy Share Image
