Barry Eisler Quote
We were quiet for a few moments. Then she said, You were right. I wouldn’t have reacted so sharply if what you were saying were untrue. These are things I’ve been thinking about a lot, and I haven’t been as honest with myself as you just were. She reached out and took my hand. She squeezed it hard. Thank you. I felt an odd confluence of emotions: satisfaction that my manipulation was working; sympathy because of what she was struggling with; self-reproach for taking advantage of her naiveté. And beneath it all, I was still attracted to her. I was uncomfortably aware of the touch of her hand.
Barry Eisler
We were quiet for a few moments. Then she said, You were right. I wouldn’t have reacted so sharply if what you were saying were untrue. These are things I’ve been thinking about a lot, and I haven’t been as honest with myself as you just were. She reached out and took my hand. She squeezed it hard. Thank you. I felt an odd confluence of emotions: satisfaction that my manipulation was working; sympathy because of what she was struggling with; self-reproach for taking advantage of her naiveté. And beneath it all, I was still attracted to her. I was uncomfortably aware of the touch of her hand.
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About Barry Eisler
Barry Mark Eisler (born 1964) is an American novelist. He is the author of two thriller series, the first featuring anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former soldier turned freelance assassin, and a second featuring black ops soldier Ben Treven. 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.