Maria

“Now, motivational patterns are going to be similar among all espionage agents. That is to say: there will be certain types of motivation that are similar despite differing schools or opposed aims. You will study first how to separate this element for your analysis—in the beginning, through interrogation patterns that betray the inner orientation of the interrogators; secondly, by close observation of language-thought orientation of those under analysis. You will find it fairly simple to determine the root languages of your subjects, of course, both through voice inflection and speech pattern.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.”
― Albert Camus

“I'm going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.”
― Jane Austen

“Cowards can't be faulted for being shy. They can't be held responsible for anything.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale