Quotes from Marcus Sakey

Over the last week, if there's anything I've learned, it's that you're only who you choose to be. Every moment. The past is gone. Memories are no more solid than dreams. The only real thing, the only true thing, is the present. That's it." -- "So the things we've done don't count?" "Of course they do. But we can decide how much. ?And we can decide what we want the present to be like. We can live it however we want.

hotels and trinket shops and storefront museums and all

Cooper had a theory about personality. Most people considered personality to be a singular identity. Malleable, sure, but essentially cohesive. But he tended to see people as more of a chorus. Every stage in life added a voice to that chorus. The different iterations of himself—lonely military brat, cocky teenager, faithful soldier, young husband, dedicated father, relentless hunter—they all existed within him.

fluorescent bulbs were the result of a multimillion-dollar program specially engineered to offer the most hopeless light possible.

The last twelve hours had been tense, everyone seeing the Mexican border looming large, and beyond it, the wide world into which someone like Vasquez could vanish. But with each move the abnorm made, Cooper got better at predicting the next. Like peeling away layers of tissue paper to reveal the object beneath, a vague form began to resolve into the pattern that defined his target.

Cold liquid splashing across his face brought Kevin Temple back to himself. He'd been on the road all night, a dedicated run from Indiana hauling a load of fresh vegetables. Fifteen minutes out of the depot in Cleveland, and he had that stale feel, too much coffee washing down too much beef jerky. What he'd really been craving was a double cheeseburger, but while it would surprise no one to see a trucker gone flabby around

For as fashionable as cynicism always was, the truth was that when it came to basic human responsibility, people rose to the challenge. Pretty much always. As many times as Hell had been created, history stood as indisputable proof that the mass of humanity was good. People built more than they burned, created more than they destroyed, not by a little but by a massive surplus. To know it, all you needed to remember was that we had started as chimpanzees—and then look around.

A little." She set it on the counter. "But it's probably not a terrible idea. Just in case.

Alzheimer's was far more terrifying than death.

That's insane," said a goateed kid in front of Ethan. "You're locking down the whole city to catch a couple of terrorists? That doesn't make any sense.

averaging the bids to arrive at a final price, the Leon

back when they had been teenagers who thought love was a noun, a thing you could possess.

The room smelled of children, that sunlight smell over socks and sweat.

Everything copacetic?

It's like tossing a dart," he'd said. "There's nothing amazing about it. You throw and it sticks somewhere. But if you try and backtrack every factor that led there, the force of the throw and the angle and the air resistance, all of it had to be perfect, just exactly right, for it to end up where it did.

One of the weird things about being in a resistance movement was that it wasn't like you could hire janitors, so when it came to cleaning, there was a duty roster.

But you can take the energy from others," Sonny said. "Kill here, the sky gets brighter, food tastes better. Do it enough and maybe you live forever.

The director shook his head. "The world would be a better place if people stopped voting for folksy candidates they could have a beer with and started voting for people smarter than they are." Peters

and Jon Cassir are the finest agents in the business, and it's an honor to have them watching my back. The entire team at Thomas & Mercer is extraordinary. My FF Alison Dasho performed a masterful edit with a baby in her belly. Alan Turkus expertly took the reins when said baby insisted on coming out. Jacque Ben-Zekry will soon rule the world. Gracie Doyle is the Queen of PR. Danielle Marshall is a mysterious genius. Daphne Durham is unbeatable for

Bobby was a hero, and so were Luisa and Val and all the rest of them. But it's only in movies that heroes get to count on the big moment of glorious sacrifice. Real life is messier than that.

Belongs to a guy named Joseph Stiglitz.

northwest corner.

Initiative, combined with

Cooper shook his head. "The things we do for our children." Natalie managed a thin, tight smile. "When do you have to go?" "Soon. I want to see the kids first." "Do you want to… you could stay. The night.