Quotes by Barry Eisler

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“You see, cancer is simply nature's way of making you want to die.'Tatsu.”

“If you live only for yourself, dying is an especially scary proposition.”

“Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.”

“The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.”

“Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.”

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“Most people are like sheep. Nice, harmless creatures who want nothing more than to be left alone so they can graze. But then of course there are wolves. Who want nothing more than to eat the sheep....”
— Barry Eisler, Livia Lone
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“Sometimes I think the urge to believe in our own worldview is our most powerful intellectual imperative, the mind's equivalent of feeding, fighting, and fornicating. People will eagerly twist facts...”
— Barry Eisler, Extremis
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“You see, cancer is simply nature's way of making you want to die.'Tatsu.”
— Barry Eisler, Extremis
cancer cynicism death-and-sickness irony

“If you live only for yourself, dying is an especially scary proposition.”
— Barry Eisler, Winner Take All
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“The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.”
— Barry Eisler
Want Surveillance Without

“Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.”
— Barry Eisler
Responsibility Personal

“It's a strange thing, having a child," he said. It completely alters your most fundamental priorities. When my eldest daughter was born, I realized that I would do anything - anything - to protect ...”
— Barry Eisler, Redemption Games
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“Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.”
— Barry Eisler
Truth Honesty Job