I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation.

I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.

I met him while I was imprisoned," I say, and my voice sounds far away even to me. "I was just curious." "I wouldn't judge him too harshly," says Fernando. "Jeanine can be extraordinarily persuasive to those who aren't naturally suspicious. I have always been naturally suspicious." ... "Yeah," I say. "So have I.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

And now that you are out? How does the world seem to you?" he says. "Mostly the same," I say. "People are just divided by different things, fighting different wars.

I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave

Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.