Books Quote by Gene Wolfe

“Killing, and being prepared to send one's own followers to their deaths is an index of seriousness in bargaining.”

— Alex de Waal

“Bah, bah!’ cried the old man petulantly. ‘Human nature is the same in all ages and countries. Every day—every city—produces some monstrous wickedness, secret…

— John William Polidori

“Assassins, like politicians and journalists, are not attracted to losers.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

The draw by stalemate looks like a spot of discontinuity in the otherwise harmonious universe of values. To save a game by letting yourself…

— Mihail Marin

“But we’re assassins: when we make mistakes, people live”

— Steven Brust

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer…

— John le Carre

“Being an assassin means knowing when to kill - and when not to kill.”

— Jennifer Estep

“A plot, whether abandoned by a reader or pursued rapturously, remains itself, and gets where it is headed even if nobody is looking.”

— Gregory Maguire

“While it’s easier to avoid confrontations in the short run, the consequences of doing so can be massively destructive in the long term. It’s…

— Ray Dalio

“How often do pawns win? They lose because they only move two ways. You’re marching to your death on a stubborn ideal.”

— Eva Natsumi

“She asks, and something in your head tells you that what she’s doing is right – and that it’s the only reason she has…

— Steven Erikson

“The secret tactic of a good hard bargainer is to know when to compromise.”

— Rachel Cohn David Levithan