“ Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And yours is a democracy, a dictatorship of the Wad. Trevanian
“ «Hayır, senin en büyük kusurun tecrübesizliğin değil. Kayıtsızlığın. Yenilgilerini senden daha zeki ve yetenekli olanların elinden tatmayacaksın. Seni yenenler, sabırlı, sinsi, orta düzeyde insanlar o… Trevanian
“ Your scorn for mediocrity blinds you to its vast primitive power. You stand in the glare of your own brilliance, unable to see into the dim corners of the room, to dilate your eyes and see the potenti… Trevanian
“ The rope connecting two men on a mountain is more than nylon protection; it is an organic thing that transmits subtle messages of intent and disposition from man to man; it is an extension of the tact… Trevanian
“ As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so tr… Trevanian
“ Gün olup beni seveceği düşüncesiyle avunamazdım. gençtim, romantiktim ama,aşkı zamanla büyüyüp gelişen bir şey olarak göremiyordum. maddelerine uyulacak bir anlaşma değildi aşk.ya bir bütündü, sizi tü… Trevanian
“ Ripe for romance? Is that not only the self-conscious and sensitive young man's way of saying he was heavy with passion? Is not, perhaps, romance only the fiction by means of which the tender-minded n… Trevanian
“ Hepimiz karşımızdakinin bizi anlamasını isteriz ama, ayna gibi içimiz dışımız görünsün istemeyiz. Trevanian
“ But we are in the age of the mediocre man. He is dull, colorless, boring—but inevitably victorious. Trevanian
“ There were more critics than painters, more publishers than writers, more teachers than practitioners. Trevanian
“ However, little by little, I am coming to the view that what I mistook for humility was, in fact, an accurate evaluation of your worth. Trevanian
“ Zevk, okuma ve rahatlık yeterliydi Nicholai için. (...) Eğlence gibi bir uyuşturucu maddeye de gereksinim duymuyordu. Trevanian
“ Why did I submit myself to the butchery of the trenches when I might have served in the echelons as a medical officer? Even the most rudimentary knowledge of Doctor Freud would suggest that I was purs… Trevanian
