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21 " Only the spoon,” replied the don , “knows the pot’s sorrows. "
― Daniel Silva , House of Spies (Gabriel Allon, #17)
22 " Patience was not an American virtue. "
23 " Warm glazed potatoes with caviar, tapioca, and herbs; yellowfin tuna ribbons with avocado, spicy radish, and ginger marinade; diver scallops with caramelized cauliflower and a caper-raisin emulsion; black sea bass crusted with nuts and seeds, with a sweet-and-sour jus. "
24 " who has two women loses his soul. But he who has two homes loses his mind. "
25 " The operation,” answered Gabriel, surprised. “Bullshit. "
26 " Wasting the valuable time of others, thought Rousseau, was a bureaucrat’s ultimate revenge. "
27 " life is just as long as the time it takes to pass by a window. "
28 " When one is making an omelet it is necessary to break eggs. - Saladin "
29 " He was one of those Americans who formed their impressions of life in the United Kingdom by watching reruns of Masterpiece Theater. "
30 " Nothing worse doing is without risk. - Saladin "
31 " Nothing worth doing this without risk. – Saladin "
32 " many problems of the Arab world. The lack of education and jobs, the brutal dictators, the repression of women. "
33 " Nothing worth doing is without risk. - Saladin "
34 " Boswell spent much of the evening lamenting his country’s dreadful politics. Isherwood listened attentively. Inwardly, however, he wondered why it was that enlightened Americans always found it necessary to bash their country whenever they set foot in the mother ship. “I’m "
35 " dispensed unheeded advice, and "
36 " The notion that modern England might not be a cultural paradise appeared to come as a shock to Brady Boswell. He was one of those Americans who formed their impressions of life in the United Kingdom by watching reruns of Masterpiece Theater. “A "
37 " Wasn’t it Moses who dispatched a team of agents to spy out the land of Canaan? "
38 " The Dar al-Jawasis. The House of Spies. "
39 " Martyrs-in-waiting would be radicalized in hidden corners of the dark Web and then guided toward their targets by masterminds they had never met. Such was the brave new world that the Internet, social media, and encrypted messaging had brought about. "
40 " Change is good, Nouredine. It keeps everyone on their toes. – Christopher Keller "