“ 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 w… Barry Eisler
“ A few minutes later we pulled up in front of a nondescript office building. I paid the driver and we got out. The rain had stopped but the street was empty, almost forlorn. If I hadn’t known where we… Barry Eisler
“ The young man’s blindness irreparable, his mistakes immutable, the consequences irreversible. Barry Eisler
“ Sold to the public on false pretenses, high officials confessing to ordering torture in violation of treaty and domestic law, and an economic meltdown even former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greensp… Barry Eisler
“ When I was ready, I eased in beside him. Immediately I felt my muscles trying to shrink back from the heat, and knew that in a moment they would give up their fruitless struggle and surrender to delir… Barry Eisler
“ Well, the club is open until three in the morning and she works every day. So, by the time she gets home… I get the picture, I said. Though in fact, it was a little hard to imagine Harry with an attac… Barry Eisler
“ We were quiet for a moment. Then I said, Look, I’ve got an idea of what you feel for this woman, okay? I saw her. She’s a head-turner. She’s more than that, he said softly. The dumb, sappy bastard. Hi… Barry Eisler
“ The room was large, and largely empty. The pace would pick up later in the evening. For now, the action comprised just a few lonely souls. They seemed lost in the expanse of the room, their play joyle… Barry Eisler
“ Something about all that power seemed to make the assholes who wielded it believe they were invulnerable. Barry Eisler
“ She’s a bargirl. You don’t know where her loyalties lie. That one was unconvincing. No one had directed her against me—I was the one who had been pursuing her. She hadn’t needed to warn me about the b… Barry Eisler
“ She spun around and I heard her inhale sharply. What the hell? she exclaimed in her Portuguese-accented English. I raised my hands, palms forward. I just want to talk to you. I used English because it… Barry Eisler
“ Prepping people to believe something was the hard part. Once the framework was established, they became eager to fill in the details themselves, and could be counted on to do so even if those details… Barry Eisler
“ People talk about morality. Sometimes I think there’s just what you can do, and what you can’t. Barry Eisler
“ Pardon me, but the drop-down menu of my mind just offered up so many enticing possibilities that for a moment my brain froze. Barry Eisler
“ Naomi, you think this is all an accident? It’s a science. There are people out there who are experts at getting others to do tomorrow what was unthinkable today. Barry Eisler
“ Murakami liked to fight. Hell, Pride wasn’t enough for him. He needed more. And it wasn’t the money. Pride, with promotions and pay-per-view, would pay a lot more, to the winners and losers. No. It wa… Barry Eisler
“ Men who have survived close-quarters killing know that humans are possessed of a deep-seated, innate reluctance to kill their own species. I believe there are evolutionary explanations for the existen… Barry Eisler
“ Men use these words to frighten us, Livia would tell them. To intimidate and paralyze. We need to habituate to what upsets us so we can fight through it. Deny our attackers the weapon of their words.… Barry Eisler
