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Hollywood was a different place in the dark hours, after the neon and glitter had dimmed. Ballard saw the change every night. It became a place of predators and prey and nothing in between, a place where the haves were comfortably and
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“I scowled at him. “Not every good thing that happens is divine intervention, Michael.” “True,” Michael said, “but I prefer to give Him the credit unless I have a good reason to believe otherwise. It seems more polite than the other way around.”
― Small Favor
― Small Favor
“Officers have been trying for hundreds of years to outsmart soldiers and have still not learned that it cannot be done. We can always count on the native ingenuity of the American GI to save us from ourselves, and to win wars.”
― My American Journey: An Autobiography
― My American Journey: An Autobiography
“I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion.”
― The Invisible Man
― The Invisible Man
“The Templars would later encounter Ismaili dualists in the form of the Assassins, who would descend from their Syrian mountain eyrie to commit acts of terror against all sides.”
― The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
― The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
“The war had destroyed many things, but one of the worst casualties was the loss of hope for a peaceful world. Yet every man who saw these horses at Hostau ended up with a smile on his face and an image in his mind of a world less troubled than the one in which he currently dwelled.”
― The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
― The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
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