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Top 20 David Liss Quotes (2025 Update)

David Liss Quote: “I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.”

1. “I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.”

David Liss Quote: “The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.”

2. “The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.”

David Liss Quote: “I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman – I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.”

3. “I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman – I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.”

David Liss Quote: “Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.”

4. “Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.”

David Liss Quote: “I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit.”

5. “I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit.”

David Liss Quote: “Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research for readers of popular history, and do so impressively.”

6. “Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research for readers of popular history, and do so impressively.”

David Liss Quote: “You are but a hard turd in the ass of my journey.”

7. “You are but a hard turd in the ass of my journey.”

David Liss Quote: “I mean no disrespect to the gentlemen of the bench, but it is no secret that our system of justice, praised throughout Europe for its severity and its swiftness, is a terrible and fearful thing, and no man, guilty or innocent, wishes to stand before it.”

8. “I mean no disrespect to the gentlemen of the bench, but it is no secret that our system of justice, praised throughout Europe for its severity and its swiftness, is a terrible and fearful thing, and no man, guilty or innocent, wishes to stand before it.”

David Liss Quote: “We are all driven by our passions, and our task is to know when to submit to them and when to resist.”

9. “We are all driven by our passions, and our task is to know when to submit to them and when to resist.”

David Liss Quote: “Gabriela was in prison for Judaizing, but she recited the prayers of her tormentors. She had not even the comfort of the religion for which she was punished.”

10. “Gabriela was in prison for Judaizing, but she recited the prayers of her tormentors. She had not even the comfort of the religion for which she was punished.”

David Liss Quote: “The less said about the things Steve ate for breakfast the better, though I will mention that the food did not want to be eaten, and Steve had to remove the singers before he could pop the things in his mouth.”

11. “The less said about the things Steve ate for breakfast the better, though I will mention that the food did not want to be eaten, and Steve had to remove the singers before he could pop the things in his mouth.”

David Liss Quote: “Lucy absently thanked him and at once began to consider which among her gowns would be best suited for a midnight adventure to a gothic castle.”

12. “Lucy absently thanked him and at once began to consider which among her gowns would be best suited for a midnight adventure to a gothic castle.”

David Liss Quote: “Proximity, I have learned, is often as effective as violence.”

13. “Proximity, I have learned, is often as effective as violence.”

David Liss Quote: “At what point, I wondered, does silence become complicity?”

14. “At what point, I wondered, does silence become complicity?”

David Liss Quote: “He seemed a man whose youthful promise had yielded nothing but the feelings of failure that come with the advance of age. It is this moment in life, when the bounty of the future becomes the drudgery of the present, that all men fear, myself included, and for that reason I immediately felt a sympathy for this man.”

15. “He seemed a man whose youthful promise had yielded nothing but the feelings of failure that come with the advance of age. It is this moment in life, when the bounty of the future becomes the drudgery of the present, that all men fear, myself included, and for that reason I immediately felt a sympathy for this man.”

David Liss Quote: “Not anticipating I’d be on trial for my life, my mother hadn’t bothered to pack a suit for me. She was, by nature, an optimist.”

16. “Not anticipating I’d be on trial for my life, my mother hadn’t bothered to pack a suit for me. She was, by nature, an optimist.”

David Liss Quote: “I knew there was no point in debating a man such as this. The world bent and contorted itself to fit his understanding, not the other way around. I could not make him see reason, could not make him regret his actions. It would be a mistake to try.”

17. “I knew there was no point in debating a man such as this. The world bent and contorted itself to fit his understanding, not the other way around. I could not make him see reason, could not make him regret his actions. It would be a mistake to try.”

David Liss Quote: “In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past.”

18. “In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past.”

David Liss Quote: “I splashed some water on my face again because I thought that’s what you do in a crisis. You wash your face. Did it really help, or was it a myth circulated by the soap industry?”

19. “I splashed some water on my face again because I thought that’s what you do in a crisis. You wash your face. Did it really help, or was it a myth circulated by the soap industry?”

David Liss Quote: “And it relieves me to learn that you are not trying to make friends,” the captain said, locking her hammerhead eyes on Ms. Price, “because no one likes you.”

20. “And it relieves me to learn that you are not trying to make friends,” the captain said, locking her hammerhead eyes on Ms. Price, “because no one likes you.”

David Liss Quote: “You will act not on what your eyes and ears show you, but on what your mind thinks probable.”

21. “You will act not on what your eyes and ears show you, but on what your mind thinks probable.”

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