An Honorable Man Quotes

“Of course, no one knows anyone really. You think you do until there is that one thing that surprises, and you reconsider their entire life in light of that new fact.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“If one had the choice of betraying one’s country or one’s friend, one should hope for the courage to betray one’s country.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“A promise held within itself the source of its own disappointment.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“The foolishness of alcohol wasn’t amusing to the observer who stuck with soda water.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“Giving famishes the craving.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“There will be press and a crowd wanting to be entertained by the spectacle of the senator vilifying a man for his beliefs.” She looked at him. “This country has lost its soul.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“the grouping of popular fiction had an old Eric Ambler, which he admired for its wisdom within a vulgar yarn spun to showcase a clever plot.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“It didn’t surprise Mueller that once Vasilenko tasted money, his appetite grew. What he’d given was only the beginning of what he was willing to offer up, but the new material was of little use. Volume without value. Five thousand dollars a pop. Human nature. The line was crossed once. All that followed was greed and fear.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“Ever since I was a little girl I’ve woken up in the morning with a dread that everything good in my life will go away. I live today’s regrets for tomorrow’s disappointments.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“have always thought Measure for Measure was a tough knot to untie. Pride. Humility. The most righteous character turns out to be a lust-addled hypocrite. I’d say that’s a good description of what is happening in Washington today. ‘Some rise by sin. Some by virtue fall.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“He felt the burden of what it took to explain a corrupt world to an innocent mind.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man

“Women stood around the edge of the room in brave dresses, their hair puffed in bizarre shapes.”
― Paul Vidich, An Honorable Man