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1 " Then you have to be nothing. Want nothing. You can't have them-Kat or Annabel-if you need them. You're not a husband. You're not a father. You're a man with a task. Understand? "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
2 " Look at me closely. Ask yourself: Do I look scared? "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Nowhere Man (Orphan X, #2)
3 " Guilt is an indulgence, it entangles you in the past. "
4 " Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today. "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , Out of the Dark (Orphan X, #4)
5 " How you do anything is how you do everything. "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , Dark Horse (Orphan X, #7)
6 " A guy can love a million women. But a man, a man loves one woman a million ways. "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , Orphan X (Orphan X, #1)
7 " Respect for women is essential,” Jack tells him. “Women’s rights and economic development within a country are highly correlated. Treating women properly is not just a moral position—which it is—or an American value—which it is. It’s a strategic imperative, and you will always, always lead by example in this regard. "
8 " Every time I consider myself an adult, I think back five years to when I also thought of myself as an adult. And I’m aghast at how staggeringly blind I was. Maybe what I hold to be true right now will seem just as ignorant when I reflect back on it years from now. "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , Prodigal Son (Orphan X, #6)
9 " Always respect life. Then you'll value yours. The hard part isn't turning you into a killer. The hard part is keeping you human. "
10 " Next time, he thinks. The two best words in the English language. "
11 " There is no emotion more useless than self-pity. Evan "
12 " When you wrong someone, you don't get to say which grudges people may or may not hold, "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , You're Next
13 " Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient. "
14 " I think of heroes as ordinary people who decide to give a damn about what they do, not what they might get. "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , They're Watching
15 " Women’s rights and economic development within a country are highly correlated. "
16 " Not the smoking. The ritual. Tapping down the pack, my silver lighter, a smoke in the morning, in the car, with a cup of coffee. There was something so soothing about it. Knowing you could count on it. It was always there.” She ground out the cigarette "
17 " I'm not saying it's easy. I'm saying it's worth doing. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. "
― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , Hellbent (Orphan X, #3)
18 " Remember what Confucius say: ‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. "
19 " If you don’t know what to do, do nothing. "
20 " be one thing at a time, one thing and one thing only. "