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A Tale for the Time Being

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Book cover for The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)

The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3) by Barry Eisler

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And divorce was the chemotherapy of marriage, so expensive and toxic that only couples in extremis would attempt it as a cure. And if half of marriages were so cancerous that they justified treatment with the equivalent of chemotherapy, ...more

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“Men use these words to frighten us, Livia would tell them. To intimidate and paralyze. We need to habituate to what upsets us so we can fight through it. Deny our attackers the weapon of their words.”
― Barry Eisler, The Killer Collective

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“Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free”
― Aravind Adiga, Last Man in Tower

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“Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you?”
― Aravind Adiga, Last Man in Tower

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