“There seemed no face within the cowl, only a black emptiness, and the notion sprang irresistibly to Dietrich’s mind that this was Death, now these dozen years overdue, treading a weary mountain trail in search of him. Then a flash of white showed within the shadow and Dietrich realized that it was only the angle of the sun that had made that hood seem so empty.”
“Brilliance cannot improvise on faulty data.”
Michael F. Flynn
“Cigars were for talk; pipes for reflection.”
Michael F. Flynn
“But scouts, he told himself firmly, must observe what is, not what they wish to see.”
Michael F. Flynn
“What the prisoner said made some sense. He could see how technological progress—and social change with it—was coupled with free trade and the free exchange of ideas. Yet, he wasn’t at all sure that it...”
Michael F. Flynn
“This was an omen for sure, but one with no obvious meaning.”
Michael F. Flynn
