Perez.reverte Quotes

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I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
...the miser is counting his gold pieces, unaware of Death, who holds two clear symbols: an hourglass and a pitchfork." "Why a pitchfork and not a scythe?" "Because Death reaps but the Devil harvests
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
He was not the most honest or pious of men, but he was courageous
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The pistol is not a weapon, it is an impertinence.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Una biblioteca no es un conjunto de libros leídos, sino una compañía, un refugio y un proyecto de vida.
―Arturo Pérez-Reverte
You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you, but if you're a good navigator, at least you'll know where you were when you died. (In "The Nautical Chart" by Arturo Perez-Reverte)
Justin Scott (The Shipkiller)
He was laughing under his breath, like a cruel wolf, as he leaned over to light his last cigarette. Books play that kind of trick, he thought. And everyone gets the devil he deserves.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
-¿Y vos? -Yo soy cosa mía.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste)
But he was calm, like a hunter who is sure that he will catch his prey in the end, however confusing the trial.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
la Armada Invencible; ya saben, cañonazo va y ola viene y todo a tomar por saco, con aquel pulso fatal entre nuestro buen Rey Don Felipe Segundo y esa arpía pelirroja que se llamó Isabel de Inglaterra, amparo de protestantes, hideputas y piratas, más conocida por la Reina Virgen, aunque maldito si puede uno imaginarse virgen de qué
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Y que la vida es larga, hasta que deja de serlo
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
cada uno a su casa y Dios a la de todos
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
But that is the way of life, and that was but one of the first times, among no few to come, that I was taught a useful lesson about how appearances trump truth, and how villains hide their vices behind masks of piety, honour, and decency. And that to denounce evildoers without proof, attack them with weapons, trust blindly in reason or justice, is often the fastest road toward one's own perdition, while the scoundrels who use influence or money as a shield remained untouched.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
What a lousy world, even Lucifer has to resort to the small print.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
de curiosos están los camposantos llenos
Arturo Pérez-Reverte