“It was now hard to believe how difficult it had once been to follow a person in Bangkok in a time before smart phones and social media. The new generation demanded to be followed online. It was in their digital blood. A small investment in a few specialized apps, and not even Sherlock Holmes in his most inspired opium dreams could have imagined the possibilities.” Technology QuotesNoir FictionHardboiledBangkokExpatsPrivate Eye Thailand Book:Crackdown Source: Crackdown
“The Bangkok Comfort Zone - that strip running between Patpong, Soi Cowboy and Nana - was a huge bank of ice, thick as a glacier. Only you had to be around years and years to see and feel the deep chill, and by the time you had it was too late, the glacier had already dragged you under.” Noir FictionCultural IdentityHardboiledBangkokExpat Life Book:Comfort Zone Source: Comfort Zone
“All yings are time rats, time bandits. Open their guts and what you find inside their digestive tract are the second and minutes of hundreds of men’s lives. Time cannibals. All those broken minute and hour hands just lying undigested in their stomach. It makes me want to drink.” Time QuotesCultural DifferencesNoir FictionHardboiledBangkokExpats Adventure Book:Cold Hit: A Novel Source: Cold Hit: A Novel
“Misfits, con artists, evildoers all had business cards. It was enough to make any man a bona fide misanthrope.” MisanthropeNoir MysteryHardboiledBangkokPrivate EyeMisfits Quotes Book:Pattaya 24/7 Source: Pattaya 24/7