Don't provoke into someone's personal life;
You never lived there!

I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government

I tried to picture a bunch of guys in blue suits running around a beachside neighborhood, knocking on doors and flashing Fed creds. That should cause a stampede of illegal aliens heading south.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

Henry Mercado, Purcell knew, was comforted by thinking he was protecting the Holy Grail from the Antichrist, or whatever, and he could go to his martyrdom happy in the knowledge that when he met Jesus he could say, 'I saved your cup.

Detective Ramos confided in me, 'If something happens to you on my watch my ass is O-U-T.' 'How do you think I’d feel? D-E-A-D.

The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong, duty, honor, country, or any of that.  It has to do with cutting the right deal.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

How you doing at 26 Fed?"  “I’m growing and learning, meeting new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm while developing good work ethics and people skills.”  “I’m surprised they haven’t fired your ass.”  “Me too.

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.

As we say, if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.

Nelson DeMille

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Written By Nelson DeMille

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Written By Nelson DeMille

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