No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.

- Trevanian

Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had only one year of experience - tw…

- Trevanian

Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.

- Trevanian

As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bol…

- Trevanian

We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

- Trevanian

It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standa…

- Trevanian

The rope connecting two men on a mountain is more than nylon protection; it is an organic thing that transmits subtle messages of intent and disposit…

- Trevanian

Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.

- Trevanian

Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and…

- Trevanian