Containment Quotes

“But freedom and justice and inclusion for a single person is not the same thing as freedom and justice and inclusion for everyone.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“The panic is the pandemic, and that will lead to change.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“What would you do?" he asked her. "How far would you go for what you believe in?”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“Blur the lines, and the unseen becomes seen.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“That pandemic had been caused by a virus that was highly contagious but not terribly deadly. This one seemed to be the exact opposite: not terribly contagious, but with a hundred percent death rate.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“He wasn't really working for anyone. Briggs had tapped him not because he was a great cop, but because of the plausible deniability he'd be able to invoke if things went south.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“Never work alone," Jorge had told him. "When you take a case, and you don't already have a partner assigned to you, make two calls: find someone you can trust, and get them on your side early."  Jake remembered nodding along as his mentor gave him the tip. "And the second call?" Jake had asked. "Find someone smarter than you to be your asset. Someone uninvolved in the case, and get them involved.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“He did his best to temper his conscience with a healthy dose of reality by at least following along with current events. It had allowed him to develop, over time and with a lot of experience, a great sense of what really mattered, how to fight against those who wanted to take that away, and how to stay alive while doing it.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment

“He had nowhere else to be, nowhere to go. Nowhere he wanted to go, and yet he felt trapped.”
― Nick Thacker, Containment