The Copenhagen Connection Quotes

“The man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection

“The man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection

“Human agony and the irretrievable loss of knowledge are both wrong, both unnecessary.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection

“escape methods fell into two categories. The first was physical and direct—cutting one’s way through the stone walls and iron bars that, despite the poet, do indeed a prison make. The second method was to overcome the jailer—by persuasion, bribery and corruption, seduction, or force.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection

“An unpopulated museum can seem emptier and more uncanny than any other building.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection

“This was tantamount to ushering an alcoholic into a well-stocked bar and ordering him not to sample the wares; but Elizabeth summoned up all her willpower and succeeded fairly well.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection

“Eccentricity is permissible in the elderly, if they are rich enough or distinguished enough.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Copenhagen Connection