The Collector Quotes

“I find it comforting to prepare myself for a calamity and to be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be a garden-variety disaster instead.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Domaine Ramonet Montrachet Grand Cru,”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“The world, thought Gabriel, was careening dangerously out of control. One more shock to the system—another financial meltdown, a disruption of the food supply, a resurgence of the pandemic—might well spell the end of the project known as the postwar liberal order.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Your childhood left you with a textbook case of second-generation Holocaust survivor syndrome, which in turn instilled in you an almost uncontrollable need to repair things.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“when we force the pieces, we sometimes see what we want to see rather than the truth—wouldn’t you agree?” “Sometimes,” replied Gabriel. “And then, of course, there is the problem of missing pieces. We don’t know what we don’t know. And I can assure you, my son, you don’t have all the pieces.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“approached”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“the demonstration was entirely”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“At the time of this writing, the Scandinavian country of 5.8 million people derives 67 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, primarily wind.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Vini da Arturo on the Calle dei Assassini is one of our favorite restaurants in Venice, and Adagio, located near the campanile in the Campo dei Frari, is a lovely spot to have a late-afternoon cicchetto and un’ombra.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“The covers of both files had distinctive orange borders and were labeled top secret//sci, indicating they contained sensitive compartmented information, the highest level of classification in the American system.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Who’s the girl?” asked Morosov. “My bodyguard.” “She doesn’t look Jewish to me.” “Was that a microaggression, Sergei?” “A what?” “A microaggression. A comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a racial minority or otherwise marginalized group.” “Jews are hardly marginalized.” “You just did it again.” “Don’t pull that shit with me, Allon. At this point, I’ve practically made aliyah. Besides, if anyone is guilty of prejudice, it’s you.” “Not me, Sergei. I love everyone.” “Everyone except Russians,” said Morosov.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Who’s the girl?” asked Morosov. “My bodyguard.” “She doesn’t look Jewish to me.” “Was that a microaggression, Sergei?” “A what?” “A microaggression. A comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a racial minority or otherwise marginalized group.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“It was created by the same Israeli firm that designed Proteus. The current version looks and functions much like an ordinary iPhone 14 Pro Max. But the Genesis also acts as a secure clandestine satellite transmitter.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Her honey-colored skin was flawless. Not a drop of ink anywhere. Nothing that could be used to identify her. The invisible girl.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Devil’s Trill.” “If she doesn’t play it, there’s likely to be a riot.” Giuseppe Tartini’s technically demanding Violin Sonata in G Minor was Anna’s signature piece.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“better. Gabriel shared a few details of the team’s many operations together, all unclassified, and hinted at the horrors they had witnessed and the dangers they had faced.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Schubert’s String Quartet in D Minor”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“RT, Russia’s English-language network. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Two Minutes Hate.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“She also believed that Denmark needed to expel its Muslim minority, that the Covid vaccine was lethal, that global warming was a hoax, that homosexuality was a lifestyle choice, and that a cabal of blood-drinking liberal pedophiles controlled the global financial system, Hollywood, and the media.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“A microaggression. A comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a racial minority or otherwise marginalized group.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“The Americans came in force, the French in style.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“with the key taped inside the left-rear wheel well.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“a plutonium bomb,”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“six gun-type bombs, the last such weapons ever built.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“four million Danish kroner”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“she covered the thirteen and a half kilometers down to Hulsig in twenty minutes.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“commissioned theft. Or, as Durand liked to describe it, he managed the acquisition of paintings that were not technically for sale.”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector

“Château Pétrus”
― Daniel Silva, The Collector