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“Remember what Confucius say: ‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.’”
Seventh Commandment: One mission at a time.
“‘Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.’”
The phone chimed, the call routing in through Signal, an encryption app developed by Open Whisper Systems. Every call, made over a Wi-Fi or data connection, was end-to-end protected, the only encryption keys controlled by app users.
Why did you think he had a phone?” Heat rose beneath Evan’s face. “To make calls.” “To make calls,” she said. “That’s so cute.”
If you don’t know what you don’t know, how can you know what to learn?
“I’m gonna require a crate of Red Bull and a Costco tub of Twizzlers.” “You’ll have what you need.” “And Zac Efron. I want Zac Efron.” “Who’s Zac Efron?” “God, you’re old.”
Remember that what you do not yet know is more important than what you already know.—Jordan Peterson
“I’m not saying it’s easy. I’m saying it’s worth doing. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“You know what ALPR is?” she asked. “Automated license-plate recognition,” Evan said, relieved to be back on familiar turf. “Police cruisers have sensors embedded in the light bars that scan the plates of all surrounding vehicles. They can swallow numbers eight lanes across on cars going in either direction up to eighty miles per hour. They process the plates for outstanding warrants in real time and store them for posterity.”
“Tiene dos trabajos. Enojarse y contentarse.”
“You can’t help people more than they want to help themselves.”
“If you’ve got nothing worth dying for, you’ve got nothing worth living for.”
