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Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration

by Nadine Akkerman

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Laura’s Quotes

“There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

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“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

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“I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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“The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without retouching. Yet the word used for this unqualifying affection is 'cynicism'.”
― Dawn Powell

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“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

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