Prussian Blue (Bernie Gunther, #12)

by Philip Kerr

Gentlemen prefer blondes but blondes don’t know what they prefer until they get a strong sense that they’re not going to get

They say your children are your real future; if that was so I didn’t give much for her chances.

At another shop I bought a beret to help cover my head of thinning blond hair and, within just a few minutes, I managed to make myself look like a real Franzi. All I needed now was to neglect my personal hygiene, and to obtain a service medal for a war I hadn’t fought in.

Nothing is always an easier answer to give when there’s a cigarette in your hand.

If I’d been a very clever German of the kind who knew the difference between the sons of Zeus, Reason and Chaos, I might have been dumb enough to think I could write a book about it.

He collects dirt like a schoolboy’s fingernails.”