“Asking if there is corruption in Thailand is like asking if there is dough inside a bakery. Pies and cakes don’t come from heaven and neither do deals and contracts.” ThailandCorruption QuotesCorruption PoliticsNoir FictionHardboiledCorruption And Crime Book:Spirit House Source: Spirit House
“That was the grand bargain with evil. No wrong ever got righted, any more than a hangman’s rope was ever unknotted and used as a child’s swing.” Private InvestigatorNoir FictionHardboiledBangkok Fiction Book:Crackdown Source: Crackdown
“My goal is to live far outside of history as possible. History is a territory where mostly bad things happen to good people.” Noir FictionNoir MysteryHardboiledBangkok FictionPrivate Eye Fiction Book:Crackdown Source: Crackdown
“I’ve heard that you’re in the pain business. I don’t like doing work for that kind of man,” said Vincent Calvino. Casey rolled his neck and a small cracking noise echoed from the bones inside. “If you worked only for people you liked, you wouldn’t cover your rent.” Noir FictionHardboiledExpat LifeBangkok FictionThailand Thrillers Author:Christopher G. Moore
“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
“Let me share what I’ve learned about Thai politics. Keep a distance from those doing a victory dance in the end zone unless you understand their game, how it’s scored and how many players each side has. If you can’t figure out the rules of the game, you won’t know when the game has started and when it’s over. Don’t put a bet on a game you don’t understand.” Noir FictionHardboiledGame Of LifeExpatsBangkok Thriller 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