Quotes About Spy Fiction

#1. Le Carre's voice - patrician, cold, brilliant and amused - was perfect for the wilderness-of-mirrors undertow of the Cold War, and George Smiley is the all-time harassed bureaucrat of spy fiction.

Alan Furst

#2. The most temptation I'd experienced had been with Tomas, the Senate's spy who had been feeding off me without permission, and Mircea, who was probably plotting some nefarious scheme. I have no taste in men.

Karen Chance

#3. Hello, freaky peoples!

Lemony Snicket

#4. Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

Lauren Willig

#5. Good to see you too, Otto." -Sydney Rose

Monet Polny

#6. I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

David Ignatius

#7. O we are wearied of this sense of guilt,
Wearied of pleasure's paramour despair,
Wearied of every temple we have built,
Wearied of every unanswered right, unanswered prayer,
For man is weak; God sleeps: and heaven is high:
One fiery-colored moment: one great love: and lo! we die.

Oscar Wilde

#8. Limp finally spoke. Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?

Cole Alpaugh

#9. He felt as though the bones of his ribcage were snapping beneath the weight of the stone that God had laid over his heart.

Daniel Silva

#10. Great job, you just executed Ben Franklin! - Otto Ray

Monet Polny

#11. Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them.

Tom Greer

#12. Say, heavenly pow'rs, where shall we find such love? Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Man's mortal crime, and just th' unjust to save.

John Milton

#13. The Sword the burning decieved rising the science fiction the betrayed the spy the souls

Moira Young

#14. Young people looking for adventure fiction now generally turn to fantasy, but for those of a certain age, the spy thriller has long been the escape reading of choice.

Michael Dirda

#15. There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

Anne Campbell

#16. Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader made, significant change rarely transpired.

James Morcan

#17. I like to take certain aspects of genre fiction and modify them in my own way. 'Your Republic Is Calling You' follows the form of a spy novel, but it leads readers into a world of Kafkaesque irrationality.

Kim Young-ha

#18. Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance,

Benjamin Carson

#19. Remember: A deal breaker is only a deal breaker if it is symptomatic of other destructive relationship dynamics.

Bethany Marshall

#20. Keep strong the bond of love.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#21. I've got to think of a hundred and sixty million Americans, not of the three or four that happen to be the ones I love. And it wouldn't be a big thing - security is built on lots of little thing. I don't like to talk about it. (Calhoun Hightower in Danger for Breakfast)

John McPartland

#22. Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world's problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor's dog who goes to the bathroom in his flower garden. And know what else?

Cole Alpaugh

#23. Hello fake Everett children.

Monet Polny

#24. Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

Wayne Dyer

#25. I believe a family just isn't complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy's nose right around the time they divorced.

Cole Alpaugh

#26. Bearing witness from the sides of the room, ten or more lepers shouted at the bizarre scene, "Diable! Diable!" And then chants of some sort, or prayers, followed by more shouts of "Diable!" They were hurling these words at Moreau like stones.

Cole Alpaugh

#27. If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing Double Dahlias in his garden.

David W. Wolfe