The Traitor's Story Quotes

“Religion fared badly in so much of the history he wrote about, and yet he was constantly surprised by how much solace he gained from places of worship. It wasn’t redemptive, nothing to do with conscience—more the strange sense of meaningful emptiness he found in these places, a quality that allowed him to disappear effortlessly.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“Finn had seen in the people he'd once contended with, and sometimes even among his own colleagues - a policy in which killing was the first option rather than the last, because lives counted for nothing against the security of guaranteed silence.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“she looked fragile enough that she might shatter if touched.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“the way he’d slowly starved his relationship of oxygen.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“called Mathieu while he was in Paris, but had somehow failed to get around to it. “Okay. Well, thanks”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“Lausanne.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“eluded”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“he had done the right thing without thinking, and had lost everything in the process.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“When had doing the right thing stopped being the automatic option and become something that had to be worked at instead?”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“The Abbot of Cîteaux was asked how they’d recognize the two hundred heretics among twenty thousand townspeople. He’s said to have answered, ‘Kill them all, God will know his own.’” Alex”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“The last time he’d flown into Heathrow, he’d sworn he would never do it again.”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“Life is like comedy—it’s all in the timing.” She”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“Religion fared badly in so much of the history he wrote about, and yet he was constantly surprised by how much solace he gained from places of worship. It wasn’t redemptive, nothing to do with conscience—more the strange sense of meaningful emptiness he found in these places, a quality that allowed him to disappear effortlessly. The”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story

“A man needs a hobby, Finn, and all the best football teams have been taken.” The”
― Kevin Wignall, The Traitor's Story