Quotes from Nelson DeMille

But if I could choose how and when I wanted to die, I would want to be an eighty-year-old man shot by a jealous young husband who had caught me in bed with his teenage wife.

I spent most of my money on booze and broads and I wasted the rest of it.

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

An Englishman once said that he found it easier to be a member of a club than of the human race because the bylaws were shorter, and he knew all the members personally. That sounds about right.

Credo quia impossibile.' I believe it because it is impossible.

This place is so small you have to go outside to change your mind.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.

I wasn't sure about that, but one never knows. Sometimes a neighborhood, like a culture or civilization, is strong enough to absorb and acculturate any number of newcomers. But I don't know if that's true around here any longer. The outward forms and appearances look the same - [...]- but the substance has been altered.

I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.

Confrontational is when I pull my gun. Argumentative is when I pull the trigger.

In America if you're poor, you're worse than a criminal. You're nobody.

The Cubans say that sex is the only thing that Castro hasn't rationed.

Without women, there would be perpetual war and chaos. With them, there was only chaos.

Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy—only free.

I'm always ready for anything, but prepared for nothing.

From the unknown, through the unknown, to the unknown. Put your hand into the hand of God. It will be all right.

She asked me, "Was your divorce nasty?" "Not at all. The marriage was nasty.

Never have sex with a woman who has more problems than you do.

On the other hand, as every cop knows, lies are like cockroaches—if you see one, there are others.

The American dream was not supposed to look like this, and when men went off the war, too often other men came in the night to the bedroom at the back of the long, narrow trailers. In fact, I had lived there and had gone off to war, and someone took of my place in the bed and took of my young wife. But that was few wars ago, and so much has happened since , that the only lingering bitterness left is that the bastard also took my dog.

anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. And if your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough.

No, you're not getting it. You see… never mind. Listen, I want you to get a headache at nine-forty-five." "You're giving me a headache now." She added, "And why do I always have to get a headache? People are beginning to think I have a terminal disease. Why don't you say your hemorrhoids are acting up at nine-forty-five?

Indeed we all try to raise our children as if our past experiences are important for their future, but they rarely are.

But that's all hindsight. That evening, my mind was cloudy, and my good judgment was influenced by my need to prove something. It goes to show you, you shouldn't stay out too late during the week.