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““If someone seems to have changed from one session to another, make sure you haven’t changed instead.” A warning from his mother, once upon a time, delivered as if she’d upended a box of spy-advice fortune cookies and chosen one at random.””

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“Perhaps only I could truly make Wick a person, by forgiving him, and if I forgave him, if I showed I forgave him, then…

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“I knew these elements were intended for me and me alone. There were no endearments, but I understood in part because of this restraint.…

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“But I was not a domesticated animals...The dirt and grit of a city, the unending wakefulness of it, the crowdedness, the constant light obscuring…

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There simply aren't enough constitutional safeguards in place to protect against a rogue president.

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There are some beautiful creatures in the ocean that seem very alien at the same time.

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