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Greg Iles Quotes

The Terrible Truth is that brutality is part of human nature, and all the laws in the world can't neuter it.

Greg Iles (2009). “The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel”, p.586, Simon and Schuster

Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up.

Greg Iles (2006). “Turning Angel: A Novel”, p.502, Simon and Schuster

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.

Greg Iles (2003). “The Footprints of God”, p.428, Simon and Schuster

Some things we must pass over in silence.

Greg Iles (2006). “Turning Angel: A Novel”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself.

Greg Iles (2004). “The Footprints of God”, p.292, Simon and Schuster

...the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart.

Greg Iles (1999). “The Quiet Game”, p.36, Penguin