Quotes from Stuart Woods

automatic pilot, numb

this here on his visit yesterday.

signed by Bobby Jones.

Right." He smiled. "Only war we've got, you know. Bit like your Vietnam." From anyone else his tone would have been too like the way the British sound in old movies. From Mark it seemed

Did you interrogate him?" "I prefer to give a man some whiskey, then let him debrief himself.

Is there a back way out?" "Yep, and

Stone's shoulder and pointed. "There's

Check Jersey and Westchester, too. On Long Island, just check the fancy private clinics. I want this woman found this morning, dead or alive. When you find her, Stone and Bacchetti get the interview, unless it's deathbed stuff. Nobody, but nobody says a word to the press except

if they were Bible salesmen.

Whatever you say, Stone.

a great many garage sales.

Sometimes a friend is a person who shares your enemies.

perspicaciousness into question. He'd say you wanted to see a .45 Glock in the man's hand

Howell hung up the phone and pressed his forehead against the cool glass of the booth. The world was suddenly a different place. He wasn't sure he liked it.

landing there anyway." "Wish I could, but duty calls. Maybe

She found a bottle of vodka and some Rose's sweetened lime juice, filled the shaker with ice, added six jiggers of vodka and two of lime juice. She put ice cubes in two martini glasses and swirled them around, then shook the shaker until her hands hurt from the cold. She dumped the ice from the now-frosted glasses and strained the pale, green liquid into them. "Tie

The car may have known the way, but Teddy had no idea where he was going.

the script and heard the score

It was time to panic, Scotty thought. The only thing she could think of was to faint. Scotty had never fainted before, not even in the worst moments of her life, but she was so frightened that very little acting was required. She simply placed a hand on her forehead, then crumpled in sections at Bo's feet like an elongated sack of oranges. Bo's inexperience with fainting apparently matched Scotty's, because he reacted as if she had taken an arrow to the chest.

he was experiencing did not seem

a fingerprint on a bar glass or something, I could run that. Otherwise, I'll need a lot more time to nail him down." "I'll have a shot at it," Stone

This was the first time he'd been involved in an intricate plot just to make a man look foolish. Men rarely needed help looking foolish.

She was tall, elegantly dressed and coifed, and looked ten years younger than her fifty-five years.

hear it again." "I'm listening." "We've got a good business here, but you're screwing it up." "What are you talking