Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin

"All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?"

Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin

"When you are in his sort of business - now my business - you are not defined by who you are but who you are not."

Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin

"Looking back now, I would say that this was one of the first valuable lessons I learned, and one that would be useful in my future line of work. Sometimes things go wrong. It is inevitable. But it is a mistake to waste time and energy worrying about events that you cannot influence. Once they have happened, let them go."

Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin

"We all make choices, Cossack. Who we are in this world, what we do in it. Generous or selfish. Happy or sad. Good or evil. It's all down to choice."

Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin