Barry Eisler Quote

Because we’re friends, dumbass. Friends stay in touch. I won’t lie to you, you’re so good at reading people, but sometimes you assume everyone else is just like you, and that ain’t the way the world works. Most people don’t prefer to go months without talking to another human. That’s unusual. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with it; in fact, there’s not. I’m just saying you shouldn’t be surprised to learn that the people in your life who care about you also care about each other, and might like to reach out from time to time. Sometimes I hated talking to him. Not because he was full of shit. That would have just been irritating. But because he was so fucking insightful. And that was intolerable. I

Barry Eisler

Because we’re friends, dumbass. Friends stay in touch. I won’t lie to you, you’re so good at reading people, but sometimes you assume everyone else is just like you, and that ain’t the way the world works. Most people don’t prefer to go months without talking to another human. That’s unusual. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with it; in fact, there’s not. I’m just saying you shouldn’t be surprised to learn that the people in your life who care about you also care about each other, and might like to reach out from time to time. Sometimes I hated talking to him. Not because he was full of shit. That would have just been irritating. But because he was so fucking insightful. And that was intolerable. I

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About Barry Eisler

Barry Mark Eisler (born 1964) is an American novelist. He is the author of three thriller series, the first featuring anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former soldier turned freelance assassin, a second featuring black ops soldier Ben Treven, and his most recent centered on Seattle detective Livia Lone. Eisler also writes about politics and language on his blog Heart of the Matter, and at the blogs CHUD, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, MichaelMoore.com, The Smirking Chimp, and Truthout.