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The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20) QUOTES

1 " But scholars believe Matthew expanded on the work of his predecessor with the help of the Q source, a theoretical collection of the sayings of Jesus. His work reflects the sharp divide between Jewish Christians who accepted Jesus as the messiah and Jews who did not. The depiction of Jesus’ appearance before Pilate is similar to Mark’s, with one critical addition. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

2 " How about a global pandemic? A novel strain of influenza for which we humans have no natural defense. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

3 " Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest? "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

4 " He was xenophobic, intolerant, distrustful of the free press, and had little patience for niceties such as parliamentary democracy or the rule of law. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

5 " There was not one member of the team whose life had not been altered by the longest hatred. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

6 " But would it be too much to ask for them to stop hating us? Why is anti-Semitism on the rise again in Europe? Why is it not safe to be a Jew in this country? Why has the shame of the Holocaust worn off? Why won’t it ever end? "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

7 " I’m afraid life doesn’t work that way, Eli.” “I suppose not. But would it be too much to ask for them to stop hating us? Why is anti-Semitism on the rise again in Europe? Why is it not safe to be a Jew in this country? Why has the shame of the Holocaust worn off? Why won’t it ever end? "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

8 " unimaginable can happen.” The outbreak of a global pandemic would seem to bear that out. But even before the Covid-19 crisis, anti-Semitism in Europe had risen to a level not seen since the middle of the last century. To their credit, Western European political leaders have roundly condemned the resurgence of anti-Semitism. So, too, has Pope Francis. He has also questioned the morality of unfettered capitalism, called for action on climate change, defended the rights of immigrants, and warned of the dangers posed by the rise of the European far right, which regards him as a mortal enemy. If only a prelate like Francis had been wearing the Ring of the Fisherman in 1939. The history of the Jews, and the Roman Catholic Church, might well have been written differently. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

9 " And where will this plague of yours come from?” “It will make the jump from animals to humans in a place where sanitary conditions leave something to be desired. A Chinese wet market, for example. It will start slowly, a cluster of local cases. But because we are so interconnected, it will spread around the globe like wildfire. Chinese tourists will bring it to Western Europe in the early stages of the outbreak, even before the virus has been identified. Within a few weeks, half of Italy’s population will be infected, perhaps more. What happens then, Cesare? "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

10 " within a few short years of the Crucifixion, the Jesus movement was in grave danger of being reabsorbed by Judaism. If there was a future, it lay with the gentiles living under Roman rule. The evangelists and the Church Fathers had to make the new faith acceptable to the Empire. There was nothing they could do to change the fact that Jesus died a Roman death at the hands of Roman troops. But if they could suggest that the Jews had forced Pilate’s hand . . . "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

11 " Jacopo Robusti, better known as Tintoretto. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

12 " Computer files are a bit like sin, Excellency. They can be absolved, but they never really go away. - Gabriel Allon "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

13 " a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer. “And may you grant us the strength and determination to complete our "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

14 " Never forget, the unimaginable can happen. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

15 " Bart D. Ehrman, the distinguished professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, contends they are riddled with “discrepancies, embellishments, made-up stories, and historical problems” that mean “they cannot be taken at face value as giving us historically accurate accounts of what really happened.” The Gospels’ depiction of Jesus’ arrest and "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

16 " Reich Main Security Office, "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

17 " DVD in the apartment’s modest library, most "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

18 " Excellency. "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

19 " Any fool can slide down the mountain, but it takes someone of character and discipline walk up one. - Luigi Donati "

― Daniel Silva , The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)