“Harry, I only ask because, when you’re young, you sometimes think you can have it both ways. If you’re just having fun, you don’t need to tell her anything. You shouldn’t tell her anything. But if the attachment gets deeper,… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I hadn’t meant to embarrass him. “Harry, I only ask because, when you’re young, you sometimes think you can have it both ways. If you’re just having fun, you don’t need to tell her anything. You shouldn’t tell her anything.… — 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
