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Imraan Coovadia Quotes

born 1970 South Africa

Imraan Coovadia (born 1970) is a South African novelist, essayist, and academic.

South Africa
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Novelists

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The power of prime numbers: the key to the new world and the solution to the mysteries of the infinite.

A Spy in Time (2018)

Controlling the leakage of information is always the key to success in counterintelligence.

A Spy in Time (2018)

I wondered how he could be so trusting of the universe to lie asleep in the middle of it.

A Spy in Time (2018)

In Abacha Reef Home, you were kept as safe as humanly possible—assuming it is safe to be bored out of your wits.

A Spy in Time (2018)

The twentieth century had actors and actresses. They didn’t rely on acting algorithms or fantasize about digital actors. For all its cruelty, I find the old world sympathetic for that reason alone.

A Spy in Time (2018)

I prayed that, for once, the predictions of the brassheads would turn out to be as hollow as the ravings of forgotten saints and prophets, medicine men and bone throwers. Everybody wanted to know the future but it made us miserable when we did.

A Spy in Time (2018)

“I want to find out who is supplying items to a government agency. Is there an easy way to find out?”
The librarian folded his handkerchief into a square on his palm before he answered.
“This is Brazil. There is no easy way to find out anything.”

A Spy in Time (2018)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Imraan Coovadia (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.