Best 11 quotes of Mick Herron on MyQuotes

Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?” Middle of the city, traffic in front, traffic behind, a big sign saying roadworks ahead, and a stop light clearly visible through the windscreen. So why aren’t we moving, Lousia wondered. You had to be rich to ask.

But the first bedtime story he ever did read me was Kim.' River could tell she recognised the title, so didn't elaborate. 'After that, well, Conrad, Greene. Somerset Maugham.' 'Ashenden.' 'You get the picture. For my twelfth birthday, he bought me le Carré's collected works. I can still remember what he said about them.' They're made up. But that doesn't mean they're not true.

He and I, we're friends. Does that sound odd? Me, friends with a pinko journalist?' Nothing sounded odd to Lamb; except, perhaps, that people had friends.

I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,” Catherine said. “And I’m sure he’s hard at work on my arse.” Lamb paused. “That didn’t work. Pretend I didn’t say it.

Noon comes with bells on, because this is London, and London is a city of bells. From its heart to its ragged edges, they bisect the day in a jangle of sound: peals and tinkles and deep bass knells. They ring from steeples and clocktowers, from churches and town halls, in an overlapping celebration of the everyday fact that time passes.

There was always the temptation to imagine tourists had no life other than the one you saw them leading; that they were constantly wowing at landmarks and wearing inappropriate shirts.

This was the blissful break when the world seemed a safer place, between the end of the Cold War and about ten minutes later.

We don’t like being out of the loop.” “You’re always out of the loop. The loop’s miles away. Nearest you’ll get to being in the loop is when they make a documentary about it and show it on the History Channel. I thought you were aware of that.

...What did you say?” “You heard me, River. I’m your father.” “My father?” “You want to hear it in a Darth Vader voice?” River didn’t want to hear it at all. He blinked several times, but nothing altered.

When he’d joined the Service he’d been in Psych Eval, which had involved evaluating operational strategies for psychological impact – on targets as well as agents – but had also meant carrying out individual assessments; who was stressed, who’d benefit from a change of routine, and who was a psychopath. Every organisation had a few, usually at management level, and it was handy to know who they were in case there was an emergency, or an office party. Pg 243

Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it.