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161 " a man whose IQ was so low I figured they had to water him twice a day. "
― Terry Hayes , I Am Pilgrim
162 " If it’s a turd, don’t try to polish it. "
163 " They say that when men are dying in battle their fingers nearly always twist into the soil, trying to hold on to the earth and all the pain and love it holds. "
164 " in war, the first casualty is truth? "
165 " Jeśli pragniesz być wolny, musisz odpuścić. "
166 " a lesson many other parents have learned—it’s usually your children that wound you the most ferociously. "
167 " I was okay with guns, but remotes weren’t my strong point. "
168 " the best spooks I ever met had learned to live a double life long before they joined any agency. "
169 " Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss. "
170 " I think good manners are very important when you are being led to your death—it "
171 " proof yet again that the quietest man in the room is usually the most dangerous. "
172 " It says in the Qur'an that the taking of a single life destroys a universe, and there was evidence in front of me- twenty-seven hundred universes shattered in a few moments. Universes of family, of children, of friends. "
173 " It was the narrow slit in her veil—for over a thousand years the only way by which men and women in the Arab world have observed each other. "
174 " the most important rule of cyberspace—computers don’t lie but liars can compute. "
175 " It says in the Koran that the taking of a single life destroys a universe, "
176 " Edmund Burke said the problem with war is that it usually consumes the very things that you’re fighting for – justice, decency, humanity – "
177 " too much wreckage floats in the wake of a life like mine—people you’ve hurt don’t forget. "
178 " she didn’t care much about her own good looks. That, of course, was the only way to handle such a gift and it made her appear even more attractive. "
179 " people say – are you gonna curse the darkness or light a candle? "
180 " TINY SALVAGE diver worked tirelessly on the wreck of a Spanish galleon as five beautiful clownfish swam through the bubbles pouring from his helmet. "