The Matlock Paper Quotes

“And then the earth, the world, the planet, the galaxy, and the entire solar system went crazy.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks ― or something tells it ― that the remembering can be handled.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“Truth is neither joyful nor sad, neither good nor bad. It is simply truth.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running ― unless it is a woman.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“Strangers should meet in unfamiliar areas. It's comforting.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“Nothing is so convincing as someone who's a bewildered injured party and lets everybody know it.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“He was a relieved man; he was an angry man.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“We're a couple of ciphers who got pushed around. We don't know what happened; just that we don't like it.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“I fought...I fought and I fought...until I...couldn't remember any more.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“A corruption of intentions.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“Bagdhivi admonition: Look ye to the children; look and behold. They grow tall and strong and hunt the tiger with greater cunning and stronger sinews than you. They shall save the flocks better than you. Ye are old and infirm. Look to the children. Beware of the children.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“Reputations were made quickly over the green felt tables ― with the roll of the dice or a turn of a card.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper

“What can a person do with an old man in pain who knows he’s going to die? What arguments are left?”
― Robert Ludlum, The Matlock Paper