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Philip Kerr quotes: All nationalism is based on racism and hate. I'm Scottish; I was born in Scotland, as my parents, as my grandparents. All nationalism is based on racism and hate. I'm Scottish; I was born in Scotland, as my parents, as my grandparents.
Philip Kerr quotes: She ordered a coffee, and I ordered something I had no interest in drinking, so long as she was around. She ordered a coffee, and I ordered something I had no interest in drinking, so long as she was around.
Philip Kerr quotes: History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it's a very different situation when you're in that period and faced with those situations. History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it's a very different situation when you're in that period and faced with those situations.
Philip Kerr quotes: He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from his fingernails, ... He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from his fingernails, ...
Philip Kerr quotes: She walked toward me, her high heels perforating the polished wooden air of the Richmond's quiet basement like the slow beat of a tall clock. She walked toward me, her high heels perforating the polished wooden air of the Richmond's quiet basement like the slow beat of a tall clock.
Philip Kerr quotes: When you're working for people who are mostly thieves and murderers, a little of it comes off on your hands now and then. When you're working for people who are mostly thieves and murderers, a little of it comes off on your hands now and then.
Philip Kerr quotes: In my experience, Corporal, the best police work looks like nothing at all and is always soon forgotten." I In my experience, Corporal, the best police work looks like nothing at all and is always soon forgotten." I
Philip Kerr quotes: I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films - 'Strangelove,' '2001', 'Clockwork Orange', 'Barry Lyndon' - they're all so different. I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films - 'Strangelove,' '2001', 'Clockwork Orange', 'Barry Lyndon' - they're all so different.
Philip Kerr quotes: I shrugged. "Staying in a hotel is a bit like life. At some stage you have to check out." "Oh, I shrugged. "Staying in a hotel is a bit like life. At some stage you have to check out." "Oh,
Philip Kerr quotes: Believe me, I know a lot about harm's way. It turns sharp left off the road to Shitsville when you're least expecting it. Believe me, I know a lot about harm's way. It turns sharp left off the road to Shitsville when you're least expecting it.
Philip Kerr quotes: Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught. Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught.
Philip Kerr quotes: Me and Schopenhauer. Sometimes being German seems to come with some serious disadvantages. Me and Schopenhauer. Sometimes being German seems to come with some serious disadvantages.
Philip Kerr quotes: Socrates learned to his cost, the true nature of democracy is to encourage corruption and excess in all its forms. But the Socrates learned to his cost, the true nature of democracy is to encourage corruption and excess in all its forms. But the
Philip Kerr quotes: After a while, you get tired of being the official Scot and defending everything Scottish. After a while, you get tired of being the official Scot and defending everything Scottish.
Philip Kerr quotes: Being a Berlin cop in 1942 was a little like putting down mousetraps in a cage full of tigers. Being a Berlin cop in 1942 was a little like putting down mousetraps in a cage full of tigers.
Philip Kerr quotes: If there's one thing history has taught me to believe it is that it's dangerous to believe in anything very much. If there's one thing history has taught me to believe it is that it's dangerous to believe in anything very much.
Philip Kerr quotes: Sometimes a stupid man is only a couple of good guesses away from looking clever. Sometimes a stupid man is only a couple of good guesses away from looking clever.
Philip Kerr quotes: Winter came early that year. Snow filled the gray December air like fragments of torn-up hope Winter came early that year. Snow filled the gray December air like fragments of torn-up hope
Philip Kerr quotes: On the whole it's not wise to remind the devil that he's the devil, especially when we were getting on so well. On the whole it's not wise to remind the devil that he's the devil, especially when we were getting on so well.
Philip Kerr quotes: When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar. When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.
Philip Kerr quotes: His name was Kurt Waldheim. His name was Kurt Waldheim.
Philip Kerr quotes: It's not easy being the world's policeman. No one thanks you for it. It's not easy being the world's policeman. No one thanks you for it.
Philip Kerr quotes: Looking at him I felt as if I had just met a powerful gorilla while at the same time being in possession of the world's last banana. Looking at him I felt as if I had just met a powerful gorilla while at the same time being in possession of the world's last banana.
Philip Kerr quotes: to per cent I'll see if I can find him for you.' I to per cent I'll see if I can find him for you.' I
Philip Kerr quotes: I used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes. I used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes.
Philip Kerr quotes: The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit. The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.
Philip Kerr quotes: I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable. I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.
Philip Kerr quotes: Sport seems to be much more important to people than politics. Sport seems to be much more important to people than politics.
Philip Kerr quotes: I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman. I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman.
Philip Kerr quotes: Hmm. That's what I suspected, you mad bastard. Hmm. That's what I suspected, you mad bastard.
Philip Kerr quotes: There is always a temptation to take things for granted, to get lazy, and to presume that the reader knows more than they do. There is always a temptation to take things for granted, to get lazy, and to presume that the reader knows more than they do.
Philip Kerr quotes: As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise. As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise.
Philip Kerr quotes: No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off, I thought; there's nothing else to do in a place like this but cut your ear off. No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off, I thought; there's nothing else to do in a place like this but cut your ear off.
Philip Kerr quotes: Dalia picked up her negligee. She didn't need my help, it wasn't very heavy. Dalia picked up her negligee. She didn't need my help, it wasn't very heavy.
Philip Kerr quotes: that's the thing about urgent paperwork: the longer you leave it the less urgent it becomes. that's the thing about urgent paperwork: the longer you leave it the less urgent it becomes.
Philip Kerr quotes: Farraj looked at me with the clinical distaste of a chiropodist regarding a septic toenail. Farraj looked at me with the clinical distaste of a chiropodist regarding a septic toenail.
Philip Kerr quotes: Horror does not need the dark, and sometimes a truly evil deed shuns the shadows. Horror does not need the dark, and sometimes a truly evil deed shuns the shadows.
Philip Kerr quotes: A first class professional nutcracker who might have done a job about a week ago; stolen some bells. A first class professional nutcracker who might have done a job about a week ago; stolen some bells.
Philip Kerr quotes: When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in. When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in.
Philip Kerr quotes: Sometimes I think God is just the devil pretending to be nice. Sometimes I think God is just the devil pretending to be nice.
Philip Kerr quotes: thought that was the whole idea of the German Reformation. To abolish priestly intercession. thought that was the whole idea of the German Reformation. To abolish priestly intercession.
Philip Kerr quotes: That smelled strongly of misery, which, as anyone will tell you, is a subtle mixture of hope, despair, rancid cooking fat, and men's piss. That smelled strongly of misery, which, as anyone will tell you, is a subtle mixture of hope, despair, rancid cooking fat, and men's piss.
Philip Kerr quotes: truth is rarely the truth and the things you thought weren't true often turn out not to be false. truth is rarely the truth and the things you thought weren't true often turn out not to be false.
Philip Kerr quotes: She was shot dead, in cold blood, he said bitterly. I could see we were in for a long night. I got out my cigarettes. She was shot dead, in cold blood, he said bitterly. I could see we were in for a long night. I got out my cigarettes.
Philip Kerr quotes: I don't really like heroes who always behave heroically. That's not interesting to me. I don't really like heroes who always behave heroically. That's not interesting to me.
Philip Kerr quotes: The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere. The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.
Philip Kerr quotes: It is always the women who rebuild the civilizations that the men have done their best to destroy It is always the women who rebuild the civilizations that the men have done their best to destroy
Philip Kerr quotes: I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film. I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.
Philip Kerr quotes: All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy, but you need a hell of a sense of humour to handle it. All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy, but you need a hell of a sense of humour to handle it.
Philip Kerr quotes: I always worry I've probably written one too many Bernie Gunther books and that I should probably give him his gold watch. I always worry I've probably written one too many Bernie Gunther books and that I should probably give him his gold watch.

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