“I thought of an expression my father had once told me: Be good to people on your way up. You may meet… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“May I join you?” she asked. Her English was lightly accented with something warm, maybe Spanish or Portuguese. “Please,” I said, standing… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“My mother would have wanted me to say a prayer, crossing myself at its conclusion, and had this been her grave, I… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“My mother had tried to raise me as a Catholic, but war had deracinated whatever meager plantings her efforts had achieved. No… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“She remembered something her mother had told her when she was a teenager: “The boy you date is different from the boy… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“Belghazi arrived early that evening. I was enjoying a cocktail with Keiko in the lobby, where I had a view of the… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear. For in… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“She’s a bargirl. You don’t know where her loyalties lie. That one was unconvincing. No one had directed her against me—I was the one… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“In my unpleasant experience, unarmed against a knife, you’ve basically got four options. Your best bet is to run like hell, if you can.… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“That I was apparently into body building at all at this stage in my life probably meant affairs with young women, for whom a… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“Immediately the sounds of the street below grew detached, distant, the meaningless echoes of urban voices whose urgent notes reached but held no sway… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I heard laughter and looked up. Some kids at the terminal next to me, playing an online game. I wondered for a moment how… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I shifted my head slightly. The corners of our mouths brushed together. I felt her breath on my cheek. Then we were kissing. Her… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I looked at her. Why was it her question seemed suffused with double entendre? She was attractive, of course, more than attractive, but that… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I realized my knowledge of that potentially damning evidence gave Delilah a reason to want me out of the way. “Out of the way”… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I wouldn’t want to try to take this guy out with anything less than a scoped rifle. Which is something that’s hard to confuse… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I picked up the earthen cup and went to take a sip. “Not like that,” Miyamoto said. “Let it cool a little. Give yourself… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
