Code to Zero Quotes

“the war taught me that nothing counts as much as loyalty" "Bullshit. you still haven't learned that when humans are under pressure, we're all willing to lie" "even to the people we care?" "we lie more to our loved ones, because we care about them so damn much. why do you think we tell the truth to priests and shrinks and total strangers we meet on trains? it's because we don't love them, so we don't care what they think.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“jolly-up.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“It was typical of a man, to talk without a moment’s forethought about matters that affected their whole lives.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“Technical Services” was the euphemistic name of the division responsible for burglary, phone tapping, drug testing, and other illegal activities. Its nickname was Dirty Tricks.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“From its beginning in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency... has spent millions of dollars on a major program of research to find drugs and other esoteric methods to bring ordinary people, willing and unwilling alike, under complete control—to act, to talk, to reveal the most precious secrets, even to forget on command. —John Marks,
The Search for the “Manchurian Candidate”:
The CIA and Mind Control, 1979”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands—it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“The CIA and Mind Control, 1979”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“The Search for the “Manchurian Candidate”:”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“and the proverb “Festina lente”—hurry slowly.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“doors. In a corner was what looked like a bundle of old clothes. He asked himself how he got here. He concentrated hard. What had happened last night? He could not remember. The hysterical fear began to return as he realized he could not remember anything at all. He clenched his teeth to stop himself crying out. Yesterday . . . the day before . . . nothing. What was his name? He did not know. He turned toward the row of basins. Above them was a long mirror. In the glass he saw a filthy hobo, dressed in rags, with matted”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“No doubt a serious spy would pretend to have no interest in politics, or even to be a Republican.”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero

“Perched on top of the pointed nose of the”
― Ken Follett, Code to Zero