Ransom Quotes

“In the very near future it will no longer be possible to tell the difference between AI-generated images and those captured by a camera. Needless to say, the implications for our already turbulent world are too awful to contemplate. An authoritarian ruler, for example, will have the power to create his own reality.”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“A three-olive Belvedere martini, Saharan dry, Siberian cold,”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“allowed himself to consider the possibility that some unspeakable tragedy had befallen the beast. Then he heard the familiar sound of Oscar’s bark, knife-edged and distant, and he realized with profound sadness that his most fervent prayers had not been answered after all. The barking persisted,”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“The villa stood a mile from the sea near the medieval town of Óbidos,”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“Gabriel. “An anonymous shell corporation. The identity”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“It’s not easy to be poor after you’ve been rich. - Alice Winter”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“An authoritarian ruler , for example, will have the power to create his own reality. - Ingrid Johensen”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“only for observation, as he was experiencing no symptoms of illness. He finally signed himself out at 7:00 p.m. and, accompanied by an attractive Danish woman in her late thirties, traveled by motorcar to PET headquarters in Søborg. Lars Mortensen met them in the lobby. “The two of you picked a fine time to go for a stroll along the Strøget.” “You’re lucky we did,” replied Gabriel. “Otherwise there would be more than one other person fighting for her life tonight.” “Her respiratory system is shutting down. They’re not at all sure she’s going to make it.” “She’d already be dead if she had tried to give Ivanov mouth-to-mouth.” “How did you know to stop her?” “It was obvious to me that Ivanov had been poisoned with a nerve agent.” “We think it’s Novichok.” “The likely candidate. The question is,” said Gabriel, “where was it administered? And by”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“appeal.”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom

“And remember, you must never, under any circumstances, despair.’” She finished the passage for him. “‘To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.”
― Daniel Silva, Ransom