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61 " There was a tree a few steps away; I stalked towards it and kicked it, hard. Pain jolted up my leg. The tree didn’t move. I "
― Benedict Jacka , Forged (Alex Verus, #11)
62 " You think I should stop feeling sorry for myself and go do something?"Blink.I gave a wan smile. "Direct and to the point. "
― Benedict Jacka
63 " Eisenhower Matrix, a method of ordering tasks by importance and urgency. The idea is that you file every task into one of four quadrants: important and urgent; not important but urgent; important but not urgent; and neither important nor urgent. Depending on which of those four a task is in, you do it, delegate it, schedule it or ignore it. "
― Benedict Jacka , Marked (Alex Verus, #9)
64 " I did have a choice. I'd always had a choice. Richard had been trying to teach me that, in a way. It was just that accepting that lesson would have meant giving up things I cared about. "
― Benedict Jacka , Fallen (Alex Verus, #10)
65 " But what we do have is knowledge, and applied in the right way that can be some pretty impressive leverage. "
― Benedict Jacka , Fated (Alex Verus, #1)
66 " There are some things so horrible you never really get over them; they make a kind of burnt-out waste-land in your memory, and all you can do is try to move on. "
67 " Those who lack purpose are pawns to those that do "
68 " What’s so urgent anyway?’ Johnathan asked. I stepped out into the summer night. ‘Meetings. "
69 " Those who lack purpose are pawns to those that do not "
70 " If you can’t get another ally, next best thing is to give your enemy another enemy. "
― Benedict Jacka , Risen (Alex Verus, #12)
71 " If you’re competent, then violence is your first option and last resort. "
― Benedict Jacka , Taken (Alex Verus, #3)
72 " Resentment is an unproductive emotion, "
73 " Everything changes. Pick any constant about your life and wait long enough, and it’ll be different. We all know that, but for some reason, it’s a hard lesson to remember. I suppose it’s because to do anything, we have to assume that things won’t change – you can’t make plans without assuming a certain degree of permanence. And for the most part, that assumption turns out to be true. Until it isn’t. "
74 " It's easy to say there's another way of you're not the one who has to find it. "
― Benedict Jacka , Hidden (Alex Verus, #5)
75 " Oh, come ON. It was Jarnaff, and he was being followed by a whole strike team. Was there a single mage in Britain who hated me who wasn’t in this place? "
76 " Use your phone,’ Cinder said. ‘Mind-to-mind is quicker.’ ‘Yeah, and it’s creepy as shit,’ Cinder said. ‘Phone. "
77 " If you have one problem, you have to solve it yourself. If you have lots of problems, sometimes you can get them to solve each other … "
78 " Loving someone is a warm feeling, like having a small well-banked fire burning steadily inside you "
79 " Not everything is about you. "
80 " Why do we do what we do? I think the reasons run deeper than we can know, and often we can only guess at the truest one. "