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The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.

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And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.

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Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying

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Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus: the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what they said

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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
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Alan Furst

Alan Furst

Born: February 20, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," whom he cites along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler as important influences.
Known for:
  1. Night Soldiers (1988)
  2. A Hero of France (2016)
  3. Mission to Paris (2012)
  4. Midnight in Europe (2014)
  5. The Spies of Warsaw (2008)

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