“Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.”
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?”
“Please accept this humble fax. My love for you is without wax.”
“Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince and mind to think as you want it to think, an you have an ally”
“It is said that in death, all things become clear.”
“Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?”
“You can’t jump for the stars if your feet hurt.”
“And when you get where you’re going, you darn well better look great!”
“Ladies and gentlemen.” He [Jabba] sighed. “Meet the kamikaze of computer invaders...the worm.”
“Look, you runny-nosed little runt. You're going to back off right now, or I'm going to rip that safety pin out of your nose and pin your mouth shut.”
“But Susan's thoughts were far removed from the political implications of Digital Fortress. She was still struggling to comprehend its existence. She'd spent her life breaking codes, firmly denying the existence of the ultimate code. Every code is breakable - the Bergofsky Principle! She felt like an atheist coming face to face with God.”
“it is said that in death, all things become clear ”
“Jabba resembled a giant tadpole, like the cinematic creature for whom he was nicknamed, the man was a hairless spheroid. As resident guardian angel of all NSA computer systems, Jabba marched from department to department, tweaking, soldering, and reaffirming his credo that prevention was the best medicine. No NSA computer had ever been infected under Jabba's reign; he intended to keep it that way.”
“An unbreakable code is a mathematical impossibility! He knows that!”
“You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt. And when you get where you're going, you darn well better look great!”
“Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.”
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Siapa yang akan mengawasi sang pengawas?”
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Kto bude strážiť strážcov?”
“the NSA lived by its motto: Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.”
“Tutto è possibile; l'impossibile richiede soltanto più tempo.”
“was Hale. He glanced toward Node 3, wondering if the cryptographer were watching. “Fuck it,” he grumbled. Below his feet the outline of a recessed trapdoor”
“It came from the world’s first computer – the Mark 1 – a room-size maze of electromechanical circuits built in 1944 in a lab at Harvard University. The computer developed a glitch one day, and no one was able to locate the cause. After hours of searching, a lab assistant finally spotted the problem. It seemed a moth had landed on one of the computer’s circuit boards and shorted it out. From that moment on, computer glitches were referred to as bugs.”
“So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.”
“I’ve met a man and fallen in love with him. I allowed myself to fall in love for one simple reason: I’m not expecting anything to come of it. I know that, in three months’ time, I’ll be far away and he’ll be just a memory, but I couldn’t stand living without love any longer; I had reached my limit…
Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meeting are waiting for us, but more often than not, we avoid them happening. If we are desperate, though, if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes directions.”
“The thoughts he put in her head. Someone should’ve arrested him for it.”
“From behind her back, Sarah brought out a set of Matchbox cars, which she handed to Jonah.
“What's this for?” He asked.
“I just wanted you to have something to play with while you're here,” she said. “Do you like them?”
He stared at the box. “This is great! Dad . . . look.” He held the box in the air.
“I see that. Did you say thanks?”
“Thank you, Miss Andrews.”
“You're welcome.”
As soon as Miles approached, Sarah stood again and greeted him with a kiss. “I was just kidding, you know. You look nice, too. I'm not used to seeing you wearing a jacket and tie in the middle of the afternoon.” She fingered his lapel slightly. “I could get used to this.”
“Thank you, Miss Andrews,” he said, mimicking his son.”
“Besides, every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive it.”
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