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“Seeing herself as unimportant was safe. Unimportance was safe, being a disappointment was safe. There were no expectations, no standards, no more pedestals to fall from.”
― For Whom the Belle Tolls
― For Whom the Belle Tolls
“He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump.”
“Fist-bump. It’s just ‘fist-bump.’”
“Understand.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Fist-bump. It’s just ‘fist-bump.’”
“Understand.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Work fast."
"Yeah." I point at the screen. "First I have to wait for my computer to wake up."
"Hurry."
"Okay, I'll wait faster."
"Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
"Yeah." I point at the screen. "First I have to wait for my computer to wake up."
"Hurry."
"Okay, I'll wait faster."
"Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
“I found myself asking the big question in spy school that wasn't on any test:
How does a scholar, a strategist, or a soldier understand a culture well enough to predict future outcomes without being willing to understand that all humans, from their own perspectives, are living a truth and reality as valid as ours?”
― Uncultured: A Memoir
How does a scholar, a strategist, or a soldier understand a culture well enough to predict future outcomes without being willing to understand that all humans, from their own perspectives, are living a truth and reality as valid as ours?”
― Uncultured: A Memoir
“Do people even realize that it’s possible to become an adult without ever having been a child? How could I explain that yes, I looked whole on the outside but my skin was just a thin bag holding the jagged pieces together.”
― Uncultured: A Memoir
― Uncultured: A Memoir
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