“ Your biggest problem would be getting the victim up to the roof with no one seeing it. Unless you had some way of tricking him into meeting you on a rooftop or otherwise knowing in advance that he was… 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 b… Barry Eisler
“ There they were, fanned out behind him like two points at the base of a moving scalene triangle. Barry Eisler
“ The guy was shrewder than he looked. I realized I had given too much credence to the scrawny body and the obvious age, and had underestimated him. Watching him set up what would be our makeshift class… Barry Eisler
“ Rain shook his head. I don’t like meetings generally. I especially don’t like ones that are unnecessary and proposed by someone else. Barry Eisler
“ People talk about morality. Sometimes I think there’s just what you can do, and what you can’t. Well, I could. And I was going to. Barry Eisler
“ My speed and strength were still good. Endurance likewise. Recovery times weren’t what they once were, but a steady diet of liquid amino acids for the muscles, glucosamine for the joints, and Cognamin… Barry Eisler
“ Music reveals a personal past of which, until then, each of us was unaware, moving us to lament misfortunes we never suffered and wrongs we did not commit. —Jorge Luis Borges Barry Eisler
“ Knowledge has always flowed upwards, to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves. The principle remains the same in the present era . . . governments dare to aspire, through their intelligence… Barry Eisler
“ I walked for hours, marveling at the extent of the destruction. Cars drove through Daitokuji Temple. Mount Hiei, the birthplace of Japanese Buddhism, had been turned into a parking lot, with an entert… Barry Eisler
“ I paused before the door and used the SoldierVision to confirm the hallway was clear before opening it. Barry Eisler
“ I had been watching the yakuza for over a month now, and knew his routines. I’d learned that he liked to vary the times of his workouts, sometimes arriving at the gym early in the morning, sometimes a… Barry Eisler
“ Her English, though accented, was idiomatic. She would have learned it young enough to pick up the idiom, but not quite young enough to eradicate the accent. Barry Eisler
“ He was blushing. Christ, the kid was so transparent. Harry, are you going to tell me you’ve got a girlfriend? I asked. The blush deepened, and I laughed. I’ll be damned, I said. Good for you. He looke… Barry Eisler
“ He shrugged. You know I was in the dark about all that as much as you were. This time it’s straightforward. And sanctioned. Sanctioned by whom? He looked at me. By the proper authorities. All right, I… Barry Eisler
“ He moves like a cat, hears like a dog, and hides like a rabbit. And strikes like a damn rattlesnake. Barry Eisler
“ First was the fewer, not less. Now it was the care in avoiding a preposition at the end of a sentence. An educated man, presumably. Precise. Apparently fussy about small-minded rules, perhaps to compe… Barry Eisler
“ Context had reinforced familiarity, and familiarity had blinded them to new possibilities. Barry Eisler
