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You have to ration your opponents' victories. You have to mete them out, slowly and meanly. You have to make your opponents subliminally grateful for every little bit of compliance. That way you get away with giving up ten small losses a day, rather than ten big ones.

— Lee Child Gone Tomorrow (2009)

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"Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it."

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"I like to know things. I'm hungry for knowledge."

"Best we can do. And we have to do something."

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