Historical fiction Quote by F.C. Malby

“collecting secrets was and is crucial to solving foreign policy puzzles.”

— Gregory F. Treverton

“The trick is to state what we know in a recognizable fashion but in a way that is slightly off, in a way that…

— Douglas Wilson

“The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything…

— David Levithan

“Do not become a mere recorder of facts, but try and penetrate the mystery of their origin.”

— Anonymous

“That was his tactic. Make them want know something they never wanted to know. Lure them into the trap of knowledge.”

— Sahana Epari

“Brigands masquerading as statesmen.”

— Renee Patrick

“harsh interrogation techniques.”

— Daniel Byman

“To identify the perpetrators, first know the crime.”

— Josef Princiotta

“The crimes of others are a secret language among us. Through them we show ourselves what we might be capable of, after all.”

— Margaret Atwood

“But today as then, the great propertied interests and their agents commit the most ferocious crimes in the name of the whole people, and…

— C.L.R. James

“Who knew? Spies read.”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

“So we couldn't mingle with them, but we could eavesdrop. We got our knowledge that way--we caught it like germs.”

— Margaret Atwood