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Pavel Sudoplatov, one of Stalin’s spymasters, had this advice for his officers seeking to recruit spies in Western countries: ‘search for people who are hurt by fate or nature – the ugly, those suffering from an inferiority complex, craving
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“The same three tasks recur across cultures and epochs: to shelter what is precious, to yield what is valuable, and to dispose of what is harmful.”
― Underland: A Deep Time Journey - The bestselling nature book from the author of Is a River Alive?
― Underland: A Deep Time Journey - The bestselling nature book from the author of Is a River Alive?
“Love is a creative act. When you love someone you create a new world for them.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
“River Elbe flows through the Czech Republic, summer water levels have recently dropped so far that ‘hunger stones’ have been uncovered – carved boulders used for centuries to commemorate droughts and warn of their consequences. One of the hunger stones bears the inscription ‘Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine’: ‘If you see me, weep.”
― Underland: A Deep Time Journey - The bestselling nature book from the author of Is a River Alive?
― Underland: A Deep Time Journey - The bestselling nature book from the author of Is a River Alive?
“Ideas are frictional, factional entities which wilt when pinned to flowcharts. Ideas have to cause problems before they cause solutions.”
― The Ministry of Time
― The Ministry of Time
“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if …” “If only …” “I wonder what would have …” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
― Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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Rohit’s 2025 Year in Books
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