“No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off, I thought; there’s nothing else to do in a place like this but cut… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Uki Goni’s excellent book The Real Odessa for much of my information about Nazis in Argentina.” — Philip Kerr Books Copy Share Image
“Frau Lange, her chins and her dog were waiting for me on the same chaise longue, except that it had been recovered… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“The colonel stood up. “I hope you enjoy your trip to Uruguay. Its government is stable, democratic, and politically mature. There’s even… — Philip Kerr Black comedy Copy Share Image
“My only choice was between the disastrous and the unpalatable. A very German choice.” — Philip Kerr Black humor Copy Share Image
“Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“as great a blight on our world as a missionary landing on Tahiti with a boxful of brassieres.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“When you’re working for people who are mostly thieves and murderers, a little of it comes off on your hands now and… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Well, who knew? When they were elected. That they were crooks, I mean.” “Pretty much everyone who didn’t vote for them, Friedrich.… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“the man who succeeds is the man who is able to reduce problems to their simplest terms and who has the courage… — Philip Kerr Courage Copy Share Image
“leaders.’ Nebe snorted and went back round his desk. ‘You’re going to have to watch your mouth, Bernie,’ he said, half-amused. ‘Get… — Philip Kerr Leadership Copy Share Image
“If he was a member of the human race at all, Neumann was its least attractive specimen. His eyebrows, twitching and curling… — Philip Kerr Grey eyes Copy Share Image
“There are so many ways of escaping from that which one fears, and not the least of these is hatred.” — Philip Kerr Fear Copy Share Image
“I was never one for looking at beautiful scenery, and certainly not since 1933; it distracts from the more important and admittedly… — Philip Kerr Politics Copy Share Image
“The interesting thing about the rich is that they like being told where to get off. They confuse it with honesty” — Philip Kerr Money Copy Share Image
“There is evil in the best of us, of course; but perhaps just a little bit more in the worst of us.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“A essência do engano não é a mentira que se diz, mas as verdades que se contam para a apoiar.” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human… — Philip Kerr Human kindness Copy Share Image
“I made an appointment to see him and then ordered another beer. While I was drinking it I did some doodling on… — Philip Kerr Algebra Copy Share Image
“I tell you that PFC Ivanov has made a number of allegations regarding the treatment of Red” — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Being dead is a pretty good alibi for anyone who’s in trouble with the law, but in Nazi Germany it was an… — Philip Kerr Nazi germany Copy Share Image
“there wasn’t much to say about Klaus Hering except that he was about thirty years old, slimly built, fair-haired and, thanks in… — Philip Kerr Thirty years Copy Share Image
“Therein lies the true essence of Marxism. ‘From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs’ only ever works… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
