“In my unfortunately infrequent encounters with real passion, I'm rarely as careful as I ought to be. The rationalization goes something like: With all the bullets and mortar rounds I've survived, I must be immune to sexually transmitted diseases. Stupid, I know. More likely, fate will indulge its taste for irony by killing me with AIDS os some other unpleasant alternative.”
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Barry Eisler is an American novelist known for his political thrillers and spy novels. Born in 1964, he has served as a former soldier and worked for an American intelligence agency. Eisler's works often involve complex political conspiracies and moral dilemmas, which have won him a wide readership. more
“You earn the respect you don't ask for it. If you're asking, it means you haven't earned it.”
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