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“Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying”
― The Spies of Warsaw
― The Spies of Warsaw
“The policemen agreed they were living with a most peculiar fellow. One moment he was reading classical literature in the original French and quoting Tennyson, and the next he would be discussing the best way to blow up a train.”
― Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
― Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
“People don’t invent things on the Internet. They simply expand on an idea that already exists.”
― Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
― Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
“Eccentricity is one of those English traits that look like frailty but mask a concealed strength; individuality disguised as oddity.”
― A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
― A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
“Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words 'chance' and 'coincidence.' For the sceptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman Law, it is administered with sub-human inefficiency.”
― The Mask of Dimitrios
― The Mask of Dimitrios
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