He glanced to his left, which for most people is a neurolinguistic sign of recall rather than of construction. Had he looked in the opposite direction, I would have read it as a lie.
Graham smiled and filled it all the way, then said, What the hell and did the same for his own. He took a sip and made an mmmmm sound. That’s a Peruvian varietal, from Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Fr...
Gavin de Becker had written a great book on the topic—The Gift of Fear.
Caligula ne demişti? Oderint dum meduant. Bizden korktukları sürece, bırakın bizden nefret etsinler.
But it seemed clever and careful was exactly what drew the attention of God’s Eye.
After about fifteen minutes he walked over to me. Randori? he asked, in a tone that was more a challenge than an invitation. I nodded, averting my eyes from his hard stare. In my mind, our contest was...
We rarely see what we prefer to overlook.
Some traveler from the undiscovered country. I know as well as I know anything the dead are simply dead.
No matter the pain or shock or confusion, never stop moving. Never give them a stationary target.
Know. I get it. Because when I knew but they didn’t know I knew, that was good. But when they knew that I knew but I didn’t know they knew, that was bad. But now that I know they know that I know, and...
Insolence
We could go from bliss and harmony to anger and recriminations as fast and with as little warning as a tropical storm. What made it bearable, what made it good, was that the foul weather would pass wi...
Trust your gut. When you felt something was off, you had to believe that feeling, even if you couldn’t articulate the basis.
Thirty-round mag,
Think about it. Ever look in a closet or under the bed, when you’re alone in the house, to ensure an intruder isn’t hiding there? Now, if you really believed the Man in the Black Ski Mask was lurking...
There was a time when I didn’t seem to need such things, when I would have been amused and perhaps even vaguely disgusted at the notion of living like some sort of psychic vampire, a lingering revenan...
There they were, fanned out behind him like two points at the base of a moving scalene triangle.
There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults;...
She winced. I’m glad you came. I didn’t know what to make of the inconsistency between her reaction and her words. You must have a lot of questions, I said. She shook her head. I just want to make sur...
Seriously protecting yourself calls for the annihilation of ties with society, ties that most people need the way they need oxygen.