Thomas Thompson > Quotes

“For rarely are sons similar to their fathers. Most are worse. But a few are better.” —HOMER, The Odyssey.”
― Thomas Thompson, Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy

“Later, years later, Hélène would continue to wonder why she let herself be convinced by this man to stay at his side. But she was not the only one. The trail of those conned by his tender promises would by that time stretch further than Marco Polo’s peregrinations.”
― Thomas Thompson, Serpentine: Charles Sobhraj's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia

“those places which have an open policy of marijuana, like Africa and the Middle East—well, just look at them. The people have no incentive, no ambitions, the countries make no progress. Isn’t there a lesson to be learned here?”
― Thomas Thompson, Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy

“A change of locale may produce a new flower,” he counseled, “but the roots will have the same disease.”
― Thomas Thompson, Serpentine: Charles Sobhraj's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia

“had gone insane and would throw the child, perhaps”
― Thomas Thompson, Blood and Money: The Classic True Story of Murder, Passion, and Power