The Secret Agent Quotes

“armies could go through a lake of gas in the blink of an eye. Take the medium-sized German Panther tank, used from the middle of 1943 to the end of the war. The Panther carried a Maybach V-12 engine that got about a third of a mile per gallon on good roads, and even less than that”
― Stephan Talty, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy

“Hitler, who despised spies (even his own), had directed that secret agents be given a special distinction at the guillotine. They were to be turned face-upwards and forced to watch the blade descend toward their neck.”
― Stephan Talty, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy

“The oil business, as Erickson understood it, was and had always been amoral.”
― Stephan Talty, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy

“factory had at its disposal 30,000 Jews, political prisoners”
― Stephan Talty, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy

“fingernails were torn out with pliers.”
― Stephan Talty, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy

“extinguish the flames. When the fires went out, Cullinan”
― Stephan Talty, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy

“Decency" is a very old-fashioned word that conjures up a standard of behavior that has largely disappeared from the world.”
― Amazon Digital Services, Inc., The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy