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1 " The world is chaos, punctuated by brief outbreaks of civilization. Mitch, "
― Vince Flynn , The Survivor (Mitch Rapp, #14)
2 " When he’d started out, he’d been vaguely competent, but now political aspirations had set in. Apparently, his wife was the second cousin to King Arthur’s maid or something. She felt entitled to a higher station in life. "
3 " We don’t need a press like the Americans have, Ahmed. One that spews lies and distortions twenty-four hours a day in search of profits. "
4 " The problem was that unimaginably stupid had become a job requirement in Washington. "
5 " I have to admit that I thought Gould had a good chance to take you out. I mean, if not him, who? He’s one of the top private contractors in the world and he already blew the crap out of your wife and kid.” Rickman’s face broke into a wide grin as Rapp’s darkened. He wished the son of a bitch really could come back to life. Because then he could kill him again. "
6 " It was one thing to trust in God, but another to rely on his intervention. Allah might see this as arrogance and punish those involved. "
7 " Rickman wouldn’t let something as trivial as death stop him. "
8 " on the Planet is a pretty big one.” “Is the NSA producing? "
9 " Everyone makes mistakes. What matters is that we try to make up for them. "
10 " bother. "
11 " He apparently wasn’t wearing a seat belt and the part of his brain you’d want to communicate with is still on the inside of the windshield. "
12 " The world is chaos, punctuated by brief outbreaks of civilization. "
13 " It was the fundamental flaw of democracy: Power found its way into the hands of liars and mobs instead of the cunning and the strong. "
14 " The country had a lengthy history of coups and the undeniable fact was that Pakistan performed better under military rule. The "
15 " Maslick’s 220-pound frame was wedged behind the wheel. Raindrops were collecting on the windshield, blurring ancient row houses and a street narrow enough that passing required having two wheels on the sidewalk. After days on the move in a city where good driving etiquette meant clipping fewer than three people a week, they’d resigned themselves to the impossibility of staying "
16 " Intellectualism that not only marginalized God, but often denied his existence. And the hopeless, endless arrogance. "
17 " There was nothing politicians liked to do more than Monday morning quarterback decisions that they themselves wouldn’t have the guts to make. "
18 " Bebe Kincaid, a plump, gray-haired woman who was the most unlikely employee of his company, SEAL Demolition and Salvage. "
19 " The modern state of Pakistan had been established in 1947, carved from the Muslim regions of British India. "
20 " Politicians were creatures controlled by passion and it was most effective to quietly absorb that energy without actually giving ground. "