Dead Hot Quotes

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― David Archer, Dead Hot

“We believe in words like citizenship, rule of law, justice and patriotism. We believe these words will protect us. But I had a creeping, ugly sensation that those magic words only worked out in the sunlight, in the bright, normal day-to-day world that most people inhabit. I was beginning to see that there was another, parallel world, where the sunlight didn’t reach and those magic words had no force. And once you strayed into that world, there was no way out. Every attempt to get away just drew you deeper in. ​After”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“when good men stop doing the right thing, then it’s over. Then we are screwed.”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“Few things are as beautiful as a woman who doesn’t know she’s beautiful.”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“a female intelligence officer whose most challenging encounters involve stopping her superior officers from touching her ass.”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“It is not easy to take the decision to expose a valued operative and a friend to mortal danger. You know that from your personal experience. But Alex did not elect to be a hairdresser. He elected to work for me. And I must be coherent in my decisions.”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“Do not die in the attempt! Die in the doing!”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“​I am not given to rages, but when I’d seen Cap di, falling back into the white snow, something had snapped inside. A rage was building in me that I had no power to control. It was a rage at the needless killing of a good man, because he did not fit the program, a rage against the bloated, greedy parasites who destroy lives, destroy people, destroy hope and happiness and humanity just so they can suck another ounce of privilege from the world. It was a wild, untamable rage against the stupidity and greed of those who build marble temples to themselves while they crush humanity under their heel, drink their blood and sentence them to death or slavery. ​I”
― David Archer, Dead Hot

“My guys, my people, we wake up every morning and we go to bed every night facing an existential threat. It’s the story of David and Goliath. It doesn’t matter whether the threat is invincible. We are all going to die anyway. What is important is how you face your death. You have just two options. Do you go down fighting, or do you commit suicide?” She paused, watching Sue’s face. “Some might say the choice is irrelevant if you’re going to die anyway. But you know what makes that choice important?” Sue stared at her but didn’t answer. Gallin said, “Your soul. Your soul makes it important.” She grinned. “Come with me if you want to live.”
― David Archer, Dead Hot