Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers.

Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.

I didn't set fire to the building." "No, but you did pull it into the river." "That put the fire out!

So it's a coincidence. Just like you said. Two rich parents with two rich kids at the same school. They're both killed in accidents. Why are you so interested?" "Because I don't like coincidence," Blunt replied. "In fact, I don't believe in coincidence. Where some people see coincidence, I see conspiracy. That's my job.

Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.