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21 " тот что нас не убивает нас не интересует. 'That which cannot kill us does not interest us.' Exhaling poison, he explains, 'Nice sentiment shared by thieves and Bratva. "
― Tanya Thompson , Red Russia
22 " He was praying for my soul. And he had a great many concerns. I stared at the carpet wondering when it was going to end, telling myself I needed to figure out this religion thing before I went any further, promising I would never make light of it again in front of someone who could put me on my knees. ~~~~~~ "
― Tanya Thompson , Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
23 " The truth was a punch to the gut, and while you were falling, a knee to the face, then you could lie on the floor and bleed for a spell. Ed "
24 " As long as I held the angel mask firmly over my demonic smile, no one doubted my honesty. I "
25 " I was an inexperienced fifteen-year-old sociopath who had never had any depth of emotion. "
26 " merriment, making certain they understood it was a game where "
27 " In Russia, unwarranted smiles mark a person as either a hustler or an imbecile. "
28 " The absolute truth is a wicked sort of rush. It’s far more amusing than any lie. Both have the potential to empower and to hurt, but the truth is emotionally superior. Few people could fault you for it, not when you’ve got ethics on your side. The truth is morally unassailable. But "
29 " In my case, intelligence was a disease that had led to a psychotic episode. "
30 " The classic caricature of a Russian knocking back shot after shot of vodka is not a misrepresentation. "
31 " When you nationalize the expenditures but privatize the revenue, everything is profit. "
32 " You know why farmer always kills fox? Fox can never take just enough. You ever see chicken house after fox comes? Chicken house is nothing but feathers and shit. Feathers and shit everywhere. Fox sees opportunity and loses mind. Fox cannot stop killing. Fox will spend all night burying bodies. More than fox can ever eat. Why? Because fox always goes too far. "
33 " I call myself an agnostic, but I'm more like an atheist; though admittedly, an atheist who pays respect to religion. I'm both a skeptic and an optimist, a cynic and an idealist. I rely on reason yet I am superstitious. It makes no sense, I know, but there it is nonetheless. "
34 " Bee in my bonnet,” T repeated. “And just how would you really react if you had a bee in your bonnet? I recently got stung by a bee, and having said about thirty conjugations of the word fuck in sixty seconds, I’m thinking having a bee in your headgear wouldn’t lead to the often associated obsessive righteousness but more like flailing hysteria.” She "
― Tanya Thompson , Night of the Rat
35 " Man needs money and power before he acquires mate. His value determines what is on offer. "
36 " What’s to be done?” “I’ll have to go deep diving and look for the answer in the RDB.” RDB? “Rectal Data Base. Because I’m going to have to pull some serious shit out of my ass to make this work.” “Truly poetic. "
37 " I don’t really believe any of this, but still I know it. And in knowing it, there is the risk of a self-fulfilling prophecy. "
38 " there’s always something with everyone. There’s always something you have to accept, overlook, or dismiss. No one is the whole perfect package. No one comes without kinks. "