"They loved their country largely because they controlled it."
- Tom Clancy
"Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union."
"Intelligence people are no different from anybody else. They have preconceptions, and when they see them in real life, it reinforces how brilliant they think they are."
"The assistant commander at any post is supposed to be a ruthless son of a bitch."
"Comrade, you can deceive us. Anyone can―for a time. But not a very long time."
"He had to do so many things and make each appear as though it were the only thing he had to do. He had to compartmentalize everything, when on one task to pretend that the others didn't exist."