Jasper Kent > Quotes

“It's always for humanity, isn't it? But tell me, Maksim, what makes French humanity more important than Russian humanity? Or British more important than Austrian? We can’t fight for the whole of humanity, because humanity has no other enemies but other humans.”
― Jasper Kent, Twelve

“Faith's what allows people to feel certain about things that they can never know for sure. And that's an important idea to get across, however much the Bible fluffs it.”
― Jasper Kent, Twelve

“Whether a dream is a nightmare is a question not of content, but of mood.”
― Jasper Kent, Twelve

“A man’s conscience shouts so much more loudly in the past tense than it ever manages to achieve in the present.”
― Jasper Kent, Twelve