Quote by Len Deighton

““The only thing a man has to know about women is that he’ll never know anything about them.””

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“she still had that fundamental insecurity that one bout of poverty can inflict for a lifetime, and no amount of money remedy.”

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I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

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Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

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“England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own countrymen.”

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“Why do these people love you, Archer? Is it simply because you show little or no response to their affection?”

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When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

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The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never…

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“For fear is so unwelcome that it comes only in disguise, and guilt is its favourite one.”

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Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second…

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“When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, "Except for Washington D.C.”

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Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

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“Enrolment is tricky. You are telling lies to highly skilled liars.”

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