Life Undercover Quotes

“The idea that our highest duty is not to follow the law but to do whatever we know to be right fills me with calm and hope and awe.”
― Amaryllis Fox, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
― Amaryllis Fox, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

“The Agency taught me to fight terrorism by convincing my enemy that I’m scary. Zoë taught me to fight by taking off my mask and showing my enemy that I’m human. In that hallway, surrounded by metal vault doors that lead into giant airtight rooms of secrets, I know that both paths might lead to security, but only Zoë’s path leads to actual peace.”
― Amaryllis Fox, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

“The Agency taught me to fight terrorism by convincing my enemy that I’m scary. Zoë taught me to fight by taking off my mask and showing my enemy that”
― Amaryllis Fox, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA