111 Quotes by Robert Ludlum

"He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically."

"Sundown. The distressed sloop, its mainmast shattered by lightning, its sails ripped by the winds of the open sea, drifted into the small, quiet beach of a private island in the Lesser Antilles"

"...Summer nights held a special kind of loneliness that gave rise to strange imaginings. One walked the beach alone and thought too much."

"The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still."

"Visions of one powerful scene after another parade across his inner screen, each exploding with drama and meaning"

"Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape!"

"Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates"

"It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews."

"You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go."

"Bourne concentrated on rest and mobility. From somewhere in his forgotten past he understood that recovery depended upon both and he applied rigid discipline to both."