The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

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Related movies

The Quiet American (2002 | tt0258068)

The Quiet American (1958 | tt0052106)

Awards and honors

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1956)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition)

Epigraph

This is the patent age of new inventions
For killing bodies, and for saving souls,
All propagated with the best intentions. -- Byron ---

I do not like being moved; for the will is excited, and action
Is a most dangerous thing; I tremble for something factitious,
Some malpractice of heart and illegitimate process;
We're so prone to these things, with our terrible notions of duty. -- A. H. Clough

Dedication

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After dinner I sat and waited for Pyle in my room over the rue Catinat; he had said, ‘I’ll be with you at latest by ten,’ and when midnight struck I couldn’t stay quiet any longer and went down into the street.

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innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

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