The Matchmaker Quotes

“She had lain awake for a long time, and when she finally accepted that sleep wasn’t going to come, she’d taken a long run in the predawn darkness. Berlin’s silent fog abstracted the licks and points of the streetlights along her path that followed the ominous glow of East German watchtowers. Jogging had always been a reliable companion. It helped keep her mind focused. Exhaustion, sweat, and sucking breaths in the cold drove away her anxious thoughts, and helped her achieve something not quite like calm. It was a long run alone on empty streets. A dark moon, curling fog, and gutters collecting fallen leaves. Her mind concentrated on her pace and the rhythm of her strides, reaching longer to meet a curb. Jogging helped her settle the images that came to her mind’s eye.”
― Paul Vidich, The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin

“like people who abdicate their individual identity to became part of some precious group, beating their breasts, proud to be this or that. It is a fraud. Oh, we”
― Paul Vidich, The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin

“goes”
― Paul Vidich, The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin