“Pendergast thought for a moment. Finally, his silvery eyes turned to her. “Failure is always useful.” “A nice thought. But personally? I think failure sucks.” Gladstone slumped down in her chair, trying to get comfortable. After so many hours, it was difficult. “The question failure asks is: what don’t we know that we don’t know?” “Whoa, man,” Lam said. “That’s deep.”
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