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141 " If the shit is up to your neck – whatever you do, don’t make waves. "
― Terry Hayes , I Am Pilgrim
142 " El mundo no cambia ante tus ojos, cambia a tus espaldas "
143 " But as people say – are you gonna curse the darkness or light a candle? So let me ask you again: what are you going to do about it? "
144 " one of the hallmarks of every successful mission—perhaps of life itself—was a determination to never retreat, never surrender. "
145 " But as people say – are you gonna curse the darkness or light a candle? So "
146 " By this stage I had switched my patronage to AA—as Tolstoy might have said, drug addicts are all alike whereas every alcoholic is crazy in his own way. This led to far more interesting meetings and I had decided that if you were going to spend your life on the wagon, you might as well be entertained. "
147 " He was buying time, trying to work out how best to go on. I just waited—to "
148 " happily—flattery and delusion were part of the air that she breathed. "
149 " He might even have questioned my courage and whether I was suitable for front-line service. In his own way, he was probably saying that my weight was my heart. "
150 " In places like this, where you get a feeling evil still clings to the walls, "
151 " You’re a porter—you see anyone with baggage and you’ve always got to help them. "
152 " the secret world never leaves you—it’s always waiting in the darkness, ready to gather its children back again. "
153 " the moment you saw a funnel web you would know you were looking at something deadly. There are men—and a few women—like that in the secret world. You sense immediately that they haven’t been touched by the humanity that inhabits most people. "
154 " life has a way of cornering us. A person either stands up or he doesn’t. "
155 " it was obvious he and exercise were barely on nodding terms. "
156 " the first law of forensic science is called Locard’s Exchange Principle and it says “every contact between a perpetrator and a crime scene leaves a trace. "
157 " By chance there were no guards, no dogs, no watchtowers in the photo, though I'm sure they were there - just a lonely woman with a baby in her arms and her other two children holding tight to her skirt. Stoic, unwavering, supporting their tiny lives - helping them as best as any mother could - she walked them towards the gas chamber. You could almost hear the silence, smell the terror. "
158 " I got the feeling he liked remembering the old days when the enemy was the Soviets and everybody knew what the rules were. "
159 " An empty library?” Whisperer said. “That’s right,” I replied, “the sort of world we’d live in if the fanatics had won. "
160 " is there anybody in this country who isn’t dreaming of being on a reality show? "