Цитаты из книги I Am The Traitor

This used to be my home. The farmhouse. I trained here for two years when I first arrived at The Program. It is the place where I ended one life and began a new one. If I have my way, the same thing will happen again today.

"It looks like I`m the one in the torture chair this mission." "You know what they say: It`s not a reall mission until someone`s in a torture chair."

Don`t listen to him. This is another mind game. Defeat your opponent in the head, and you will defeat him in the world.

"I lied to you, Mike. My ship is gone. They took it out." "Bullshit," Mike says. "There is no you without the chip." "It`s gone and I`m still here."

I understand what mother is saying. From her pespective, feelings interfere with the mission. They create problems like doubt, fear, and hesitation. I`ve experienced all those things in the last few months. If she wants to control the mission, she must control the feelings of her soldiers. But I will not be controlled anymore.

We have a code. Primary objective: Protect The Program. Secondary objective: Survive. You`re very good at the second, but you seem to have forgotten the first.

"Am I kissing you or am I kissing an assassin?" "Maybe a little bit of both."

I was trained to call this man Father, but he was never my father. He was my commander. If we had gotten to our destination, he would have become my interrogator. He has been other things as well. My savior. My mentor. Much has passed between us, good and bad. My feelings about him are complex, but I would save him now if I could. Maybe he knows this. Our eyes meet, and he appears to be smiling at me. It`s a generous smile, almost like forgiveness.

It`s almost always better to stay in a vehicle during a crash. The metal structure absorbs the bulk of the impact much better than human flesh. Usually. Not always.

"Don`t fight it," Father says. I`m not fighting. I`m consciously slowing my breathing and my heart rate. A drug is delivered via the bloodstream, and the quicker the blood is moving, the more efficient the delivery. By slowing my heart rate, I can slow the dispersal rate of whatever it is they used on me.

"You`re going to leave him alone out here? That`s crazy." "And leaving him with an assassin makes more sense?"

You know how The Program works. It`s a Chinese box, stories nested in stories behind other stories. Nobody gets the full truth.

Howard`s face tells the story. Surprise, upset, betrayal - all at the same time. The poor guy would make a terrible poker player.

That`s the difference between you and me, Zach. I follow orders, not my feelings.

"Oh, you`re an assassin," the Pro says. "That explains everything." "I`m telling you the truth," I say. "You`re like a ninja?" the Pro asks. "This isn`t a joke." "Ninjas are no joke," he says. "They come at night, dressed in black, totally invisible. I don`t want to mess with ninjas."

I open a massive set of double doors and step into a grand foye that smells of antique wood and history. "Nice place," I say. "Do me a favor - don`t burn it down like you did the last one."

"If we`re going to have a problem, tell me now," he says. "Is witty banter a problem?" "If I were in your shoes, I wouldn`t be in such a good mood." "I`m in a terrible mood. Joking makes it a little easier."

Come to think of it, there`s not a friend of yours who has survived a mission, is there, Zach? Except the mayor of New York. And he`s been in mourning since he met you.

"I had faulty orders, and I tried to set things right." "There are no faulty orders. Only faulty soldiers."