Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Books I Like: The Alexandria Link

My favorite quotes from this book...


Never hate your enemy. That clouded judgment.

Waiting, wishing, wanting, all combined with not knowing.

“Sometimes, Stephanie, enemies can be your friend.” Daley’s voice had fallen to a whisper. “And vice versa.”

But he learned long ago not to waste emotion on things he could not change.

Words, like friends, should be chosen with care.

"It’s not simply words, Gary. It’s what we do with them"

Important stuff is sometimes kept in the strangest places.

That’s the problem with bureaucrats. They think everything is negotiable.

He’d read once that the measure of an idea was how relative it was not only to its time, but beyond.

Survival many times hinged on knowing when to hold and when to fold.

A person who hates herself is in a lot of trouble. She just doesn’t know it.

Knowledge is the first thing eradicated once power is attained.

Listen, but speak little. That’s how you discover what you need to know.

Information changed the world. Made it a different place.

Somebody has to make things happen. It’s the way of the world.

When things go bad, anything can hurt you, including doing nothing

Everybody who shits on you ain’t your enemy. Everybody who comes along to help ain’t your friend.

“The past can really eat your soul. Or be your best friend."