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“It’s always the same story,” said Matthews. “If you are a dumb ox you want to be a chatty parrot. If you are a parrot, you wish you were a dignified ox. Drink your beer and take it easy with your Dostoevski.”

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 296). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"The khamsin is a hot, dry, easterly wind blowing from the Arabian desert. The name is of Egyptian origin and signifies “fifty”—the fifty days between Easter and Pentecost on which the khamsin is said to be particularly frequent."

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 282). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"That’s why our whole race is ulcerated in the bloodiest literal sense. Fifteen hundred years of impotent anger has gnawed our intestines, sharpened our features and twisted down the corners of our lips."

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 260). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"...A race which remains objective when its life is at stake will lose it.”

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 180). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

“What are you a Government official for?” asked Moshe.

“To play chess with my superiors and collect taxes from you,” said Kaplan. “And if you don’t like it here you can bloody well go back where you came from.”

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 165). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"The children first; then the cattle; then the workers, is the fundamental principle, the iron hierarchy of priorities according to which all our settlements are built."

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 122). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

“Poor Naphtali,” said Dina. “I never liked him.”

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 88). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"He saw great coloured circles spinning and crossing each other like flaming hoops that jugglers throw into the air, and everything became rather quiet; only one last fiery wheel kept turning and expanding, until it too faded and only darkness and peace remained."

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 85). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"There were five and twenty of them; twenty men and five women. The rest of the Commune, twelve more women and three babies, were to join them after the first week."

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 63). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"The convoy had arrived at its destination just before sunrise."

Koestler, Arthur. Thieves in the Night (p. 37). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.