Busy work Quote by Mal Peet

History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We're not especially interested in what it consists of. We wait, more…

— Mal Peet

“You do not win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making sure that some poor bastard dies for…

— Mal Peet

“This line of reasoning could have frightened him, but it did not. He gained a certain strength from it. Because, after all, what can…

— Mal Peet

“Unfortunately, however, weapons of mass destruction tend to attract maniacs: men - it's almost always men - who want to jab the red button…

— Mal Peet

“Boredom had not been among the dangers that the SOE had prepared him for. No pompous little officer had stood in front of his…

— Mal Peet

“Wagstaff was a trim little man in a dark-blue uniform with an armband embroidered with the words CIVIL DEFENSE. "Thank you, Headmaster, and good…

— Mal Peet

“Let me tell you something. When there is a penalty kick, most people think that the penalty taker is in control. But they are…

— Mal Peet

“Sprawled, bloody, holding the pistol, he looked like a police photograph of a suicide. Dart went back to his chair and picked up the…

— Mal Peet

“I can explain to you why algebra is useful. But that is not what algebra is really for.' He moved his fingers gently on…

— Mal Peet

“So? You think people stop talking to you when they are dead?”

— Mal Peet

“It still, after all these years, puts frost into my blood to remember that men like LeMay and Powers had their fingers so close…

— Mal Peet

Sentimentality and nostalgia are closely related. Kissing cousins. I have no time for nostalgia, though. Nostalgics believe the past is nicer than the present.…

— Mal Peet