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Libraries are the font of civilization, do you not agree?

— Stephen Hunter Basil's War (2021)

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If you want truth, look for it in the dirt. The dirt never lies.

Basil's War (2021)

“I hope I’m smart enough to stay up with all these wrinkles, gentlemen. I already have a headache.”
“Welcome to the world of espionage,” said Sir Colin. “We all have headaches.”

Basil's War (2021)

They love to cooperate with the Brits because the Brits give them so much equipment which can either be sold on the black market or used against their domestic enemies after the war. So, they will always jump lively for the SOE, because the loot is too good to turn down.

Basil's War (2021)

Sometimes it’s damned hard to keep straight, but one thing all the people in this room agree on: the moment the rope snaps hard about Herr Hitler’s chicken neck, the next war begins, and it is between we of the West and they of the East.”

Basil's War (2021)

That is the way of the wickedness called war. It eats us all. In the end, it and it alone is the victor, no matter what the lie called history says. The god of War, Mars the Magnificent and Tragic, always wins.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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