Yesterday's Spy Quotes

“The trouble is, as I said before, that age teaches you ideology is the enemy of humanity. And thus, in the end, of equality too.”
― Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy

“Or, to put it another way, we all devote a lot of energy to trying to convince ourselves we shuffle through this mortal coil with some purpose. We are thus uniquely susceptible to crowd psychology. We all want to be caught up in the big idea that will give life meaning. Our opiate could be religion, or it could be political ideology.”
― Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy

“Oh, I get that these are difficult times,’ she said. ‘Maybe war is coming, as you keep telling everyone. And God knows I need no convincing that the Nazis have to be confronted. But I don’t know anyone who spends so much time inside his head when all this remains within reach outside.’ She pointed to Sean, to the sand, the water, the sunlight. ‘So why don’t you empty your mind, leave the problems of the world to someone else for a while and experience the happiness that is right before your eyes?”
― Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy

“Curse this world, curse this time, curse this fate/That uncivilized Arabs have come to force me to be a Muslim.”
― Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy

“my experience, few things waste as much time and energy as apportioning blame.”
― Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy