There's no way out," he announced with satisfaction, "and no amount of wishful dreaming will produce one. The demon won't go back in its bottle, the face-off is for ever, the embrace gets tighter and the toys cleverer with every generation, and there's no such thing for either side as enough security. Not for the main players, not for the nasty little newcomers who each year run themselves up a suitcase bomb and join the club. We get tired of believing that, because we're human. We may even con ourselves into believing the threat has gone away. It never will. Never, never, never."

"So, who'll save us then, Walt?" Barley asked. "You and Nedsky?"

"Vanity, if anything will, which I doubt," Walter retorted. "No leader wants to go down in history as the ass who destroyed his country in an afternoon. And funk, I suppose. Most of our gallant politicians do have a narcissistic objection to suicide, thank God.

John le Carré

Stichwörter: war russia spy espionage nuclear-weapons



Weiter zum Zitat


Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn't like it.

"The building across the street is under construction," he snarled as soon as we'd carried our bags inside.

"The elevator has key card access, and I've hacked into the surveillance cameras from every system on the block," Abby argued. "We have a three-hundred-sixty-degree visual."

"Excellent." Townsend dropped his bag. "Now the circle can see us from every angle."

"Don't mind Agent Townsend, girls," Abby told us. "He's a glass-half-empty kind of spy."

"Also known as the good kind," he countered.

Abby huffed.

Ally Carter

Stichwörter: pessimism spy



Weiter zum Zitat


Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Ally Carter

Stichwörter: inspirational life-lessons spy



Weiter zum Zitat


Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.

Lynn Blackmar

Stichwörter: adventure action young-adult spy espionage surfing



Weiter zum Zitat


Being shaken to death by a Hawaiian tourist look-alike was not how Arena imagined her death.

Lynn Blackmar

Stichwörter: adventure action young-adult ya spy espionage surfing teenage-spies



Weiter zum Zitat


People who are different are considered ineffective. People who can’t hide their shortcomings are not considered a threat. A lot of spies rely on being unobtrusive, but we flat out flaunt the fact that we’re different, and those we try to get information from put us on an even lower level than the ones they don’t notice. They don’t believe we’re even capable of being a threat, and they misstep more than they might with someone they simply don’t know.

Lynn Blackmar

Stichwörter: adventure action young-adult spy espionage teenage-spies



Weiter zum Zitat


That's for me to know, and for you to find out.

Ally Carter

Stichwörter: funny mysterious spy



Weiter zum Zitat


If man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit to what he might yet accomplish

Mark Frost

Stichwörter: inspirational truth sherlock-holmes mystery spy



Weiter zum Zitat


Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

Lauren Willig

Stichwörter: historical-fiction spy bonaparte lauren-willig



Weiter zum Zitat


Right now, I couldn't have cared less if someone had waltzed across the room in a large flower costume with a sign saying GET YOUR BLACK TULIPS HERE. Every nerve in my body was on man-alert, screaming, "incoming!

Lauren Willig

Stichwörter: spy spies funny-and-random lauren-willig black-tulip



Weiter zum Zitat


« erste vorherige
Seite 3 von 6.
nächste letzte »

©gutesprueche.com

Data privacy

Imprint
Contact
Wir benutzen Cookies

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.

OK Ich lehne Cookies ab