Memories about the past are always about the present.
I’m trying to modify my NYPD piggishness. I have not hit on one single—or married—female in the ATTF. I was actually getting a reputation as a man who was either devoted to duty, or was devoted to som...
It’s a problem, you know, Paul, dealing with stupid people. You project your own intelligence and rationality onto a person who is a complete idiot, and he lets you down.
I was starting to get to know the city, and when that happens in a screwed-up place, it’s time to leave.
I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, What’s the definition of a moderate Arab? I don’t know. A guy who ran out of ammunition.
Every veteran since the first war got fucked big-time. Maybe you should stop feeling sorry for yourself. There’s no war long enough or bad enough to mess up your head as bad as you messed it up yourse...
Credo quia impossibile.’ I believe it because it is impossible.
And there was a time, you know, not so long ago, as recently as my own childhood in fact, when everyone believed in the future and eagerly awaited it or rushed to meet it. But now nearly everyone I kn...
A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.
A boat is sort of a litmus test for relationships, the close quarters and solitude compelling people into either a warm bond or into mutiny and murder. As
The most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.
The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.
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More complicated, and that awaited further Intel.
If he were honest with himself, he’d understand that his hate was, in fact, a form of respect. You don’t bother to hate what you think is contemptible.
You can get away with a bad decision, but not a bad mistake.
Well, sonny, in my country, gun control means using both hands.
There were two display windows, one on each side of the door, and in the windows were…well, books. What this street really needed was a bar.
There is no harder worker than a former government employee who has discovered the word incentive.
Survival is a strong instinct, surrender is not an option, and all combat is justifiable homicide. But you pay a price.