140 Quotes by Alan Furst

When you are done living for yourself, only then do you learn that living for others is the privilege,’ Renata.

I don’t inflict horrors on readers.

He was, in military life, a sergeant. Casson had already guessed that by the time he got around to mentioning it. A sergeant: good at getting things done. By the book so long as it worked. By being crooked if that’s what it took.

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

I've always liked lost, old New York.