Quotes from The Faithful Spy

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“Always wrong but never in doubt.”
― quote from The Faithful Spy


“humans can build as easily as destroy,”
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“Everything depends which side of the shotgun you’re on,”
― quote from The Faithful Spy


“Tarik reappeared from room 104 carrying a soft-sided blue travel bag, large enough to hold a week’s worth of clothes, small enough to fit in an airplane’s overhead bin.”
― quote from The Faithful Spy


“God is on the side with the best artillery. NAPOLEON”
― quote from The Faithful Spy



“Dixie cup” was agency jargon for someone disposable, someone who could be arrested or killed without consequence.”
― quote from The Faithful Spy


“Evelyn belted out the song, her voice sliding across the notes like a car on an icy road.”
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“the reason he had known about Islam long before he studied the religion at Dartmouth. He was one-quarter Muslim by birth. Noor had”
― quote from The Faithful Spy


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