Top 60 Daniel Silva Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Shema, Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad!”

— Daniel Silva

2. “Do unto others before they have a chance to do unto you.”

— Daniel Silva

3. “The Germans are fond of saying that only Austria could convince the world that Beethoven was an Austrian and Hitler was a German.”

— Daniel Silva

4. “I absolutely fell in love with Moscow. It’s one of those places where you can’t help but trip over history at every turn. It’s a city of enormous contradictions. Within a few yards of Lenin’s Tomb is some of the most expensive shopping in the world.”

— Daniel Silva

5. “The best way to win at a game of chance is to remove chance from the equation.”

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6. “Only the spoon,” replied the don, “knows the pot’s sorrows.” With.”

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7. “The further we are from the last disaster, the closer we are to the next.”

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8. “He who lives an immoral life dies an immoral death. – Corsican proverb.”

— Daniel Silva

9. “We all choose the life we lead. – Christopher Keller.”

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10. “The civilized world has abandoned us to our fate. We would never have come back to this land if we weren’t pushed here by the hatred of Europe’s Christians, and now that we’re here, they won’t let us fight, lest we antagonize the Arabs in their midst.”

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11. “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a prince among them.” – Numbers 13:1-2.”

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12. “He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.”

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13. “I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps. SALADIN.”

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14. “I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy.”

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15. “America could leave the Middle East, thought Gabriel, but the Middle East would follow it home. At.”

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16. “Tariq said, “You never answered my question.” “Which question was that?” “Do you like fado music?” “I suppose it’s an acquired taste.” He smiled and added, “Like Lisbon itself. For some reason it reminds me of home.” “Fado is a music devoted to suffering and pain. That’s why it reminds you of home.” “I suppose you’re right.”

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17. “The strongman and the “corporate state” – by another name, fascism – are all the rage. Western-style democracy and the global institutions that created an unprecedented period of peace in Europe are suddenly out of vogue.”

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18. “With his pewter-colored locks and sturdy jaw, Graham Seymour was the archetypal British civil servant, a man who’d been born, bred, and educated to lead. He was handsome, but not too; he was tall, but not remarkably so. He made others feel inferior, especially Americans.”

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19. “Signed his name with his left hand, held a paintbrush with his right, handled his knife and fork with either. And his Beretta? Thankfully, Isherwood did not know the answer to that.”

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20. “So what are you planning to do with the rest of your life? Develop a drinking problem. More Scotch, please.”

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21. “Heaven knows I am no expert, but it seems to me the terrorism game is a bit like the art trade. It has its peaks and valleys, its good seasons and bad, but it never goes away. – Julian Isherwood.”

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22. “But now, in the era of lost inhibition, it seemed no detail of life was too mundane or humiliating to share. In the online age, it was more important to live out loud than to live with dignity.”

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23. “Sometimes it is better to give an opponent a small victory then suffer a devastating defeat yourself. Gabriel Allon.”

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24. “She named the child Gabriel, the messenger of God, the defender of Israel, the interpreter of Daniel’s visions.”

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25. “Vicary had decided he wanted to contribute. He wanted to do something instead of watching the world through his well-guarded window.”

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26. “It is a truism that no profession welcomes the end of the workweek with more anticipation than teachers –.”

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27. “Like many Vatican pronouncements, the official version of events would bear little resemblance to the truth.”

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28. “The Europeans thought they could take in millions of immigrants from the poorest regions of the Muslim world and turn them into good little social democrats in a single generation. And look at the results. For the most part the Muslims of Europe are ghettoized and seething with anger.”

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29. “Islamic extremism is just the latest virus to thrive in Europe’s nurturing environment. – Gabriel Allon.”

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30. “We all leave behind bits of loose thread. Old operations, old enemies. They pull at you, like memories of old lovers.”

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31. “Only a man with a damaged canvas of his own can truly be a great restorer.”

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32. “Erudite and entertaining, Max Anderson is the perfect tour guide to the world of art. The Quality Instinct is both educational and enlightening from start to finish, the thinking person’s guide to museums. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to truly understand what makes a masterpiece.”

— Daniel Silva

33. “They sat in an awkward, embarrassed silence for a moment, the way Englishmen are apt to do after sharing private thoughts.”

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34. “He felt as though the bones of his ribcage were snapping beneath the weight of the stone that God had laid over his heart.”

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35. “We are tempted to think that we have reached the end of history, that it can never happen again. But history is made every day, sometimes by men of evil. And all too often, history repeats itself. – Holy Father.”

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36. “In the online age, it was more important to live out loud than to live with dignity.”

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37. “The soil of the sacred city is filled with the remnants of empires that miscalculated. Jerusalem is the city of God. But it is also a gravestone to the folly of man. – Holy Father.”

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38. “After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That’s not a record to be proud of.”

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39. “And if there’s one thing I’ve learned in this life, it’s that everyone has a price. – Ari Shamron.”

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40. “That was the only thing Washington was good at these days – recriminations and apportionment of blame. There was once a time, during the darkest days of the Cold War, when American foreign policy was characterized by consensus and steadfastness. Now the two parties could not agree on what to call the enemy, let alone how to combat him.”

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41. “Patience and follow-through aren’t typical American virtues. You like to make a mess and move on to the next problem. – Gabriel Allon.”

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42. “Within a month, five hundred Jews had chosen to kill themselves rather than face another day of torment, including a family of four who lived next door to the Kleins. “They shot themselves, one at a time,” Klein said. “I lay in my bed and listened to the whole thing. A shot, followed by sobs. Another shot, more sobs. After the fourth shot, there was no one left to cry, no one but me.”

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43. “In my opinion, most marriages are based either on money or the fear of being alone.”

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44. “The French like anyone with money and power. – Mikhail Abramov.”

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45. “I suppose I needed to share it with her. I suppose I needed someone to forgive me.”

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46. “He looked older, harder, perhaps wiser. The Middle East was like that. It turned hope to despair, idealists into Machiavellians.”

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47. “Our president understands that he who controls history controls the future. – Sergei Korovin.”

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48. “The owner doesn’t ask questions about where the painting has been. He’s just happy to have it hanging on his wall again.”

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49. “You see, Allon, in the art world, perception is reality. – General Cesare Ferrari.”

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50. “She helped Shamron into his jacket and kissed his cheek. There was simple ritual in this act. How many times had he separated from his wife after hearing that Jews had been killed by a bomb? He had lost count long ago. He had resigned himself, late in life, that it would never end.”

— Daniel Silva