The President's Shadow Quotes

“The only thing worse than remembering the past is the fear of reliving it.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“I spend every day showing people the power of history. But history only has the power you give it.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“Y’know what they call the person who does all the work but gets none of the credit? An opportunity.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“You may never make peace with your father. But you can always make peace with yourself.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“We may have heaven and hell in us, but we choose who we are. And who we fight.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“Not the bravest. Or the most daring. In Dr. Moorcraft’s words, the greatest secret of the Plankholders was simply that, to the best of the army’s assessment, they were the ones who cared about no one but themselves.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“In every city the President visits, massive C-17 cargo planes arrive the day before—always at 1 p.m.—delivering ready-to-build octagonal saferooms to the hotel. In the President’s room, the Service shoves all the couches and chairs against one wall, builds the saferoom panel by panel, then rolls in wide pieces of ballistic glass to cover each window. If”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“Do you know the real secret of how Presidents become Presidents?” Before I can answer, he explains, “It’s because they’re good at getting people to do things for them. In fact, they’re not just good at it. They’re maestros. Virtuosos. To get that title of President, you need thousands of people doing thousands of different things, all for your benefit. It’s a massive churning machine. And y’know what feeds that machine?” he asks. “People like you, Beecher. It’s fed with your life, and your family, and your reputation. Because when things go wrong…and they always go wrong…the President isn’t allowed to have that skunk smell around him. So when that happens, he doesn’t just replace you. He crumples you up, tosses you out back, and…chomp goes the woodchipper.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“It’s far easier to judge others than to judge yourself.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“In moments of crisis, the reason people say that things move in slow motion is that the brain is struggling to process too much information at once. As a result, the brain slows it all down to digest each bit of emotion, pain, and reality.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“None of us are who we are on our very worst days,” he adds. “I know you know that.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“Mount Weather, the self-contained city out in Maryland.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“None of us are who we are on our very worst days,” he adds. “I know you know that.” I”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“It was a basic rule of life: Parents are full of promises; children are full of needs and longing. The perfect ingredients for disappointment.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“Life takes time. Death, however, reveals itself in an instant.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“If I’ve learned one thing over the years, it’s that every person you encounter brings out a different part of you.”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“No one answered. Wasting no time, Clementine speed-limped, doing”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow

“swarm”
― Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow