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“There began to appear before my romantic eyes...a vast and complicated network of espionage, terror, sadism and hate, from which no one, official or…

— Erik Larson

“If you were a shadowy, anonymous figure, it made sense to pretend everything had gone according to some diabolical plan. Never mind if it…

— Courtney Milan

“But intelligence officers never really retire, they just slip into the shadows.”

— Stieg Larsson

“That said the conspirators:Tell us your secret and we will have betrayed you for a lifetime.”

— Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

“...and I was reminded....of the everday boredom of a life in espionage. One is always waiting for someone who does not show up,for something…

— Charles McCarry

“But one thing was for certain: something would happen next. Something always did. Especially when you live the life of a spy.”

— Maya Bode

“The CIA has a great reputation and a terrible record. It relies on machines, not men, to understand the other side. They counted Soviet…

— Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

“I wish I had known that secrets get stronger over time.”

— Amy Goldwasser

“But something happened when I got out into the world, something that changed me. It was the reconnection of being at one with yourself…

— Jellis Vaes

“I have been invaded by my own secrets and I must try to find out how to live with them.”

— James Broughton

“My crime seemed destined to remain a secret forever.”

— Lawrence Block

“Everything else just kept picking and picking, hacking away. And nothing was interesting, nothing. The people were restrictive and careful, all alike. And I've…

— Charles Bukowski