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“When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.”
“She's become a Russian again, he thought. When something works, she's grateful. When it doesn't work, it's life.”
“Some men will never be heroes, some heroes will never be men, he thought, with urgent acknowledgements to Joseph Conrad.”
“... in moments of crisis our thoughts do not run consecutively but rather sweep over us in waves or intuition and experience ...”
“There's no way out," he announced with satisfaction, "and no amount of wishful dreaming will produce one. The demon won't go back in its bottle, the face-off is for ever, the embrace gets tighter a...”
