The Vanishing Children Quotes

“If you imprisoned everyone who had given or received a bribe, our government would be in the hands of about three men. And they would be the ones too stupid to ask for a bribe.”
― Graham Brack, The Vanishing Children

“There are many reasons why nations win battles, and I am sure that the brilliance or otherwise of their commanders is only a partial cause. Having met some senior army generals, it surprises me that we have ever won anything, but I imagine the other side’s officers must have been even dimmer. Come to think of it, entering a profession in which you are uncommonly likely to be killed is not an obvious mark of intelligence.”
― Graham Brack, The Vanishing Children

“Not snore, perhaps,’ I conceded. ‘It’s more like a pig snuffling.”
― Graham Brack, The Vanishing Children