The House of Cards Complete Trilogy Quotes

“There is no need to outrun the lion. All that is necessary for a man to do in order to survive is to outrun his friends.”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“Loyalty is like instant coffee: it’s cheap and ultimately unsatisfying.”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“This was suburban Surrey, the land of the A and B social classes in the terminology of pollsters, where passports lay at the ready and Range Rovers stood in the driveway. Range Rovers? The only time they ever encountered mud was when being driven carelessly over front lawns late on a Friday night or when dropping off their little Johnnies and Emmas at their private schools.”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“Some people come to the edge of the cliff and they look over, then run away in fear. They never realize it’s possible to fly, to soar away, to be free. They spend their lives crawling along cliff tops without ever finding the courage. Don’t spend your life crawling,”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“In an Englishwoman her abruptness would have been viewed as bad manners, but it was normal to afford Americans somewhat greater license. They talked, ate, dressed differently, were even different in bed so Urquhart had been told, although he had no firsthand experience.”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“In an Englishwoman her abruptness would have been viewed as bad manners, but it was normal to afford Americans somewhat greater license.”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“It seemed scarcely a moment since she had made it back home,”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut