Nick was a security consultant. He posed as a threat in order to find the weaknesses in anyone’s defenses, testing systems under real-life conditions, as he had done tonight. The profession was known in its different varieties as
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“It’s a strange thing to dream of faraway places, only to find when I reach them, I am dreaming of home. The affliction of the dreamer, I suppose.”
― Across Islands and Oceans
― Across Islands and Oceans
“To know a thing you must see it first, and to see you must look with an open mind.”
― Across Islands and Oceans
― Across Islands and Oceans
“I existed somewhere between yesterday’s memories and tomorrow’s expectations. The time allotted by the gods to a sedentary man with a sedentary mind can be too much; and yet, for a seeker, it is never enough.”
― Across Islands and Oceans
― Across Islands and Oceans
“You can always drive to your destination, but a true journey is made on foot.”
― Across Islands and Oceans
― Across Islands and Oceans
“Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way.”
― Wool
― Wool
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