"“I thought Green was where the mob owned Washington.” “It is,” Tackett said. “It makes less difference than you might…"

"“I guess it just happens. How many really happy couples do you know?” Arens blew smoke skyward. “Not many. Seems like…"

"The bureaucracy staggers on like a beheaded chicken, its stubborn autonomic functions creating the illusion of life."

"“Peace,” Robinson repeated. His head lolled back against the chair until he was looking up into the cabin’s rafters. …"

"“Thank you for not disappointing me,” Somerset said. “You’re every bit the ass I was told to expect.” “So you don’t b…"

"“I see you’re not quite the moralist, after all.” “A pragmatist will grow fat while a moralist starves,” Wilkins said."

"Cleaner hands next time, he vowed silently. I’ll let others do the killing the next time. That’s what separates Presi…"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."

"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."