Quotes by John Burdett

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

The great weakness of the West is that it has nothing with which to inspire loyalty except wealth. But what is wealth? Another washing machine, a bigger car, a nicer house to live in? Not much to feed the spirit in all that.

You dont understand. I only prostitute the part of the body that isnt important, and nobody suffers except my karma a little bit. I dont do big harm. You prostitute your mind. Mind is seat of Buddha. What you do is very very bad. You should not use your mind in that way

Farang, Ill bet you Wall Street against a Thai mango hell be back, if for no other reason than to play the card of virile youth against Hudsons superior rank and thus restore his ego after that humiliating reprimand.

In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. Theyre not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that drives us. The more I got to know them, and the more time I spent with them, the more I understood that this was a totally legitimate attitude to life, and why not?

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.