The Chaos Kind Quotes

“Front sights on the target. Gorilla grip. Roll the trigger. She squeezed the grip hard. Lined up the sights on the back of the man’s head. Eased out a breath. And rolled the trigger. BAM! The gun kicked. A fountain of blood erupted from the right side of the man’s head. He fell to his side. She heard a crash and spun again. The door to the library—a man was running through it. He was holding a gun. He saw her. Evie brought up the gun, but the man was too fast—he dove behind the checkout desk.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“rubbing his chin, “as Nicolas Cage put it in Con Air, ‘On any other day, that might seem strange.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“gossiping, backbiting courtiers, and as he closed the mahogany door behind him and the heavy brass latch clacked into place, the room erupted into a dozen scheming conversations. Power was like a magnet, keeping everything rigid and straight and proper. But without the magnet, it all collapsed into disorganized scrap.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“Did he not understand she would recognize the framing? They were taught as recruits never to threaten openly. Instead, they were taught to pose as the target’s protector and ally. Even if the target understands the subterfuge, the training went, he’ll still feel respected that you offered a fig leaf rather than a naked display of your power over him. And then she realized: Of course he understands.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“If you want to get something you never had before, you have to do something you’ve never done before.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“madre de dios. Watching him in profile, she felt a wave”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“Reloader was a term he’d picked up from Dox. It meant someone so formidable you’d empty the whole magazine into him, eject, reload, and empty the second magazine, too, just to be sure.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“Denial has no survival value.’ If you’re going to play, you have to at least recognize what the game is.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“He called you. You’re the one who insists on carrying a phone.” The moment it came out, he regretted it. When Delilah was pissed, there was no winning move. Your only option was to try to find a way not to play.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“Diaz moved as though to get out. “No, ma’am,” Dox said, scoping the area. “Tell me where the phone is and you stay put. Just in case there are any unfriendlies in the area.” “Behind a book called Recursion, by Blake Crouch. Level three. Fiction.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“Trauma never went away. You could try to block it, or bury it, or bludgeon it into submission. But something with that much power couldn’t really be contained. The best you could hope for was a way to channel it.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“Power was like a magnet, keeping everything rigid and straight and proper. But without the magnet, it all collapsed into disorganized scrap.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“There’s a saying I like. ‘Denial has no survival value.’ If you’re going to play, you have to at least recognize what the game is.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind

“sublimation, a primitive part of her mind trying to propitiate her guilt over having failed to protect Nason. Over having inadvertently doomed her. Trauma never went away. You could try to block it, or bury it, or bludgeon it into submission. But something with that much power couldn’t really be contained. The best you could hope for was a way to channel it.”
― Barry Eisler, The Chaos Kind