The Soul of Viktor Tronko Quotes

“History is a fable agreed upon.”
― David Quammen, The Soul of Viktor Tronko

“Dmitri was the mole.”

"We never used that word. That’s a new word,” Sparrow quibbles. “It’s a spy-novel word.”
― David Quammen, The Soul of Viktor Tronko

“It testified, I suppose, to the genderless ferocity of her mind.” “Why”
― David Quammen, The Soul of Viktor Tronko

“He succeeded in staying out of exactly and only those forms of postadolescent trouble that were not winked at, sating himself with those that were.”
― David Quammen, The Soul of Viktor Tronko

“Appearances have enormous importance, Mr. Kessler. The creation and maintenance of appearances. Appearances govern.”
― David Quammen, The Soul of Viktor Tronko