Books Quote by Umberto Eco

“Now that we can buy anything we want we seem to read detective stories.”

— Elizabeth Savage

“Selling something only to steal it back to sell again is not only dishonest, but highly profitable.”

— Jarod Kintz

“If we do not find Anything very pleasent,At least we stall find Something New.”

— Semanyenzi Richard

“Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.”

— Lynn Blackmar

“What was the point of spying if you couldn't keep it a secret?”

— Thea Harrison

“I'd like to give these detective story writers a course of routine work. They'd soon learn how most things are untraceable and nobody ever…

— Agatha Christie

“Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.”

— John Updike

“Most of our customers have rather liked The Book Thief.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Mystery is a commodity for society that willing to buy it.”

— Toba Beta

“Memoirs? No, we want a how-to book. For spies.” “A how-to book?! A book can’t teach someone how to be equal parts deadly and…

— It Books

“We can't really spy on them if they aren't spying on us, now can we?" twisted logic, but okay.”

— Gena Showalter

“You have no ideas about what you can find in books these days, I’m telling you.”

— Linda Hamonou