“ If I have to err, it’s on the side of assuming the worst. This way, if I’m wrong, I can always apologize. Or send flowers. You err on the other side, the flowers will be coming to you. Barry Eisler
“ I can’t tell you. But we know. She took a sip of caipirinha. Just trust me. I laughed. She retracted her head in mock indignation. But I trusted you. I got you out of his suite, didn’t I? When you tho… Barry Eisler
“ Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth. Barry Eisler
“ Immediately the sounds of the street below grew detached, distant, the meaningless echoes of urban voices whose urgent notes reached but held no sway over the park-like necropolis within. From where I… Barry Eisler
“ I reached the end of the street and turned right. There they were, about twelve meters away. The Japanese guy had his left side to me. He was talking to the American. The American was facing me, an un… Barry Eisler
“ I noted he had no place to conceal a weapon or transmitter. I wondered whether the attire had been chosen deliberately, to reassure me. Dox liked to play the hick, and a lot of people bought the act,… Barry Eisler
“ I also went to Kyoto. I had found no occasion to visit the city in over twenty years, and was struck to find that the graceful, vital metropolis I remembered was nearly extinct, disappearing like an u… Barry Eisler
“ He smiled. What’s going on? Why does something have to be going on? Maybe I just missed you. He gave me an uncharacteristically streetwise look. I had a feeling I knew where he’d picked it up. Yeah, I… Barry Eisler
“ But denial . . . well, you know what they say about denial. Ben nodded, seeing where this was going now, not wanting to show what he really thought of it. It has no survival value. Barry Eisler
“ Suffering in the midst of the vast city from solitude so acute that not even the narcotic of late-night television talk shows could distract them from occasional nocturnal forays in search of signs of… Barry Eisler
“ After our split, I wanted to believe that whatever had been between us was unique, that it could never happen again. Because if it was exceptional, it must be an exception, maybe even the exception th… Barry Eisler
“ Within days, perhaps hours, the discarded remnants of this last job would have been bleached of any trace of their origins, each just another nameless, colorless item among nameless, colorless souls,… Barry Eisler
“ We shall not cease from exploration, some poet wrote. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. How incredibly fucking depressing. Barry Eisler
“ There aren’t many things we humans need to do. We need to eat, we need to drink, we need to make love. And the French attitude is, okay, we should do those things very well. Barry Eisler
“ The Nigerians were gauntleting the entranceway. They bowed obsequiously low for Murakami and breathed Irasshaimase in unison. The one on the right spoke into his lapel mike. We walked down the steps.… Barry Eisler
“ She looked at me. You’re an assassin, aren’t you? When there are rumors the government has someone on the payroll, they’re talking about you, right? I let out a long exhalation. Something like that. T… Barry Eisler
