It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.

The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.