Quotes from Nelson DeMille

Definitely a bit sassy. Maybe I bring that out in women. I advised her

What do you do, Jack, when any move you make is the wrong move?" "You hope the other guy makes a bad move.

One can be a product only of one's own era, not anyone else's.

Most Al Qaeda members in Yemen are not Yemenis, and those who are, are prohibited from using khat. So Al Qaeda is sober all day, and everyone else here is spaced out after lunch." He added, "That's one reason why I think Al Qaeda is going to win here. Unless we can stop them." Right. Like in Vietnam, Paul. How did that work out for you?

He could be an officer without worrying about being a gentleman.

By whatever means are available.

the older you get, the more baggage you have to carry, and the less you're able to lift it.

I'd once seen in The Wall Street Journal where a school guidance counselor says to two parents, "Your son is vicious, mean-spirited, dishonest, and likes to spread rumors. I suggest a career in journalism.

Survival is a strong instinct, surrender is not an option, and all combat is justifiable homicide. But you pay a price.

I never realized the Department of Agriculture was involved in national security. Do you have, like, undercover cows?

Memories about the past are always about the present.

We weren't going to win the war on terrorism until we won the war of the words.

Mr. Brenner, from the very beginning, you chose to charge through here like Grant took Richmond, with no regard to protocol or other people's sensibilities." "That's how Grant took Richmond, Colonel.

There's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit; burning, scalding, stench, consumption!

realized that I still had feelings for Beth, so to keep my romantic options open when I saw her, I should say I was undecided about this job but seriously considering a blow job.

Buck thanked the sheik and his trusted

They should have a slot game called Sucker. You get a row of five suckers and the machine kicks you in the nuts and swallows all the coins in your tray.

Do you know why sharks don't eat lawyers? Professional courtesy.

The Irish are beautiful bullshitters. I mean, you know they're lying, they know you know they're lying, but they do it with so much charm, conviction, and energy that everyone feels kind of good about it.

The summer of '63, Keith reflected, had been called the last summer of American innocence

We're not thieves. We're repatriating

though it had been called into being, not by God Almighty, but by the Army Corps of Engineers, who liked to put the finishing touches on Creation.

Fate whispered to the warrior, You cannot withstand the coming storm. And the warrior whispered back, I am the storm.

Well, aside from money, you have what I call dick crimes. Dicks get you in trouble.