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“Computers don't lie, but liars can compute.”

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In this fast-paced thriller, the enigmatic Pilgrim navigates a dangerous world of espionage and intrigue, piecing together a web of secrets that threaten the fabric of society. more

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Terry Hayes

Terry Hayes is a renowned screenwriter, born on October 8, 1951. His works are known for their tense plots and profound character development. more

“If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another; strike out for yourself; don't listen to the shriek of your relations...don't be afraid of public opinion in the shape of the neighbours in the next house, when all the world is before you new and shining, and everything is possible, if you will only be energetic and independent and seize opportunity by the scruff of the neck.”

Ifs World Next Opportunity House Opinion Cry Shapes Relation Independent Shining Strikes Necks Wretched Public Opinion Neighbour Energetic Make You Cry

Author:Elizabeth von Arnim

“Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.”

Mind Important Reading Duty Development Exercise Paramount

Book:The Enchanted April

Source: The Enchanted April

“Well, I for one am unable to imagine how anybody who lives with an intelligent and devoted dog can every be lonely.”

Wells Imagine Dog Lonely Intelligent Devoted

Book:All The Dogs Of My Life: A Virago Modern Classic

Source: All The Dogs Of My Life: A Virago Modern Classic

“The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms.”

Form Greater Manure Fertilizer Compost

Book:Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Source: Elizabeth and Her German Garden

“If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be read. But a writer will work anyway, as I do, and as I have, in part to explore this terra incognita, this dangerous ground I seem to need to risk.”

Ifs Needs May Matter Seems Risk Honest Dangerous Reader Stakes

Book:A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life

Source: A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life

“I don’t trust beauty anymore / when will I stop believing it?”

Believe Don't Trust

Book:Angel, Interrupted

Source: Angel, Interrupted

“Poetry is always close kin to the impossible, isn't it?”

Impossible Poetry Is

Book:Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry

Source: Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry

“Well, wherever you go, whatever you do, you're still you. You can change your surroundings, start a new life, but you'll always fall into the same old patterns, make the same kind of friends, commit the same mistakes. The thing you need to change is yourself.”

Needs Wells Kind Stills Fall Mistake Patterns Commit New Life Surroundings Need A Change Same Mistakes You Need To Change Kinds Of Friends

Author:Chris Wooding

“Revenge is the easiest of emotions to understand and to manipulate.”

Emotion Revenge Manipulate

Book:Acacia

Source: Acacia

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