Army Quote by Daniel Silva

““Why, we're simply going to create an army of a million men. Conjure it up, I'm afraid, completely out of thin air.””

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“Only the spoon,” replied the don, “knows the pot’s sorrows.”

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“To understand Russia today, you must understand the trauma of the nineties. Everything we had, everything we had been told, was swept away. We…

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“He looked older, harder, perhaps wiser. The Middle East was like that. It turned hope to despair, idealists into Machiavellians.”

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“After more than five years, some agents might be tempted to become complacent. Catherine would never become complacent. It was one of the reasons…

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“Only a man with a damaged canvas of his own can truly be a great restorer.”

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“I can be whoever you want me to be: CIA, FBI, DIA, an agency so fucking secret you've never heard of it before." -Gabriel Allon”

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Erudite and entertaining, Max Anderson is the perfect tour guide to the world of art. The Quality Instinct is both educational and enlightening from…

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“the word assassin is derived from the Arabic hashashin,”

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“Wasting the valuable time of others, thought Rousseau, was a bureaucrat’s ultimate revenge.”

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“But I’ve come to realize that this continent is dying a slow death. Europe is receding quietly into history. It’s old and tired, and…

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“And your new employers?” asked the don. “Every bed has lice,” said Keller. “Only the spoon,” replied the don, “knows the pot’s sorrows.”

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“one needed to be careful what one wished for.”

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