“ A bodyguard. Sounded possible. The guy hadn’t recognized me, I’d seen that. He was probably here just for protection and surveillance tag team. Or he could have been the triggerman. The Agency relies… Barry Eisler
“ People have rituals for communing with the dead, rituals that depend more on the idiosyncrasies of the individual than on the influence of culture. Some visit gravesites. Some talk to portraits, or ma… Barry Eisler
“ But it’s like swimming underwater, you know? At first you feel as though you could go along forever, seeing everything from this new perspective, but eventually you have to come up for air. Barry Eisler
“ The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication. Barry Eisler
“ In my unfortunately infrequent encounters with real passion, I'm rarely as careful as I ought to be. The rationalization goes something like: With all the bullets and mortar rounds I've survived, I mu… Barry Eisler
“ I read it somewhere once. She laughed. You did not. I did. Okay, I wrote it down first. Then I read it. But still. Barry Eisler
“ But then, as seemed always to be the case when she found herself hit by a wave of happiness, or joy, or delight, there was an immediate undertow of sadness. Barry Eisler
“ The next morning, I worked out at Murakami’s dojo in Asakusa. When I arrived, the men who were already training paused and gave me a low collective bow—a sign of their respect for the way I had dispat… Barry Eisler
“ The mindfulness he spoke of was called nen in Japanese—an acknowledgment, an appreciation, of the importance of small things. The things that make living more worthwhile. And that, in my work, make it… Barry Eisler
“ The feeling was a bit odd under the circumstances, but I was glad to be back at the Old Imperial. Windowless and low-ceilinged, dark and subdued, intimate despite its spaciousness, the bar has an air… Barry Eisler
“ Maybe. You can’t retire. I paused. When I spoke, my voice was quiet, not much more than a whisper. I hope you’re not saying you might interfere. He didn’t flinch. There would be no need for me to inte… Barry Eisler
