The Sphinx Quotes

“It is an old Russian saying that when something another person is doing bothers you, look to yourself.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“A drink?” Yakov held a clear bottle in his hand. “Something warm?” Turcotte suggested. Yakov laughed. “What can be warmer than vodka?” He poured three tall glasses.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“A friend?” Katyenka repeated as she pulled back the hood on her long fur coat. Her face was startlingly beautiful, with high cheekbones, flawless skin, and deep gray eyes. “That is high praise,” she said. “Very few people have been Yakov’s friend. I often worried I was the only one still alive he has so branded.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“I know that,” Yakov said, “but I have learned it is better to go into a strange situation a little slowly with more knowledge than quickly in complete ignorance.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“calves”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“contingencies”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“hurriedly”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“searing.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“slime.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“dour”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“stout,”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“shrug.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“awe.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“Schutzstaffel,”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“babbled at the”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“swarm a man under!”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“flank speed,”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“swarmed”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“hoarded”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“slumped”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“cunning,”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“nonetheless”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“wedjat.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“to whet”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“Shemsu Hor,”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“Bloodred,”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“orb”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx

“He had seen the Ka’ab, the heart of Islam, which none outside the faith were to see and be allowed to live.”
― Bob Mayer, The Sphinx