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21 " The past is dust. It disappears behind us. There is no way back. "
― , Operation Jihadi Bride: The Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS
22 " You can never trust a spy. Even your own. "
23 " One way to ruin your life is to have dreams bigger than your abilities. "
24 " It is a curse not speaking languages and in a broken world more important than ever before. "
25 " The past is like a tattoo. Your life changes, but the tattoo is still there to remind you who you were and you forget who you are. "
26 " Two Englishmen meeting for the first time instantly seek the differences between them, the doubts and reservations, the message in the other’s accent. "
27 " Dust. You forget about the dust. It hangs over the landscape like a ragged curtain. It scratches your throat. The air tastes of sulphur, saltpetre, cordite, burning rubber and burning oil from the pipelines and wells sabotaged by ISIS to disrupt aerial surveillance. "
28 " Patience isn’t a gift. It is learned. "
29 " Traditions have got a lot to answer for. They lose their meaning and we cling on to something that does more harm than good. "
30 " Those who live in fear of failure slowly but inevitably fail. "
31 " Wars are remembered when those who were there would rather forget. "
32 " Time is like an aeroplane after take off. It is always moving and only goes in one direction. "
33 " Killing another human being is not something you get used to. It takes away their life and subtracts something from your own, a fine layer of your humanity. "
34 " It doesn’t matter how many bombs we drop on the Middle East, how many children are mutilated and killed, the jihadis like the phoenix will rise from the ashes and the refugees and asylum seekers will keep coming. Once they have seen on their mobile phones the way we live, they will look out across their deserts and wastelands and make the journey west. "
35 " Time is fixed and time is flexible. It is an invention by man and the curse of man. We all need more time. "