Malcolm Knox > Quotes

“One of the boys said later that, given the choice of shovel, axe or mattock, Beria had taken his pick.”
― Malcolm Knox, The First Friend

“Don’t talk to me about the ninety percent,’ Natia said. ‘It’s the other ten percent that tells me what I need.”
― Malcolm Knox, The First Friend

“The pockmarked face was bracketed between the majestic brush of greying hair and the rich, darker-toned moustache. Like that head case in Germany, you could portray the Vozhd as a walking moustache. Two mad pricks going mo-to-mo across Poland. Europe’s destiny hung between a walrus and a toothbrush.”
― Malcolm Knox, The First Friend

“What this really boils down to is that sports are two separate experiences. One is the live drama of the contest as it happens; the other is all the talk that goes on forever after. We live in the moment, but we do more of our living in recollection of the moment”
― Malcolm Knox