President's Eyes Only Quotes

“Now his primary focus was to control the jet during descent. Nothing else mattered. Not even the screams from the passenger cabin behind him.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Nobody will know except you and me, and the executioner. All your foolish heroics will never be known. So, the real question is, how do you want to die, Mr. Temple?”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Temple watched the fear he created spread like wildfire. Good. He wanted them in panic mode, so he could do what he needed to do unseen.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Staring down the barrel of a gun was something you never get used to, but how you respond to it can be the difference between life and death.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Temple saw the glimpse from Donnetti to Eddie and, in that twilight of thought, Eddie squeezed the pliers again.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“From that moment on, Johnson’s movements were sheer instinct. His cheek stayed in firm contact with the stock of the weapon. Both eyes were open as he looked through the scope. His finger started to depress the trigger during the natural pause in breathing. The trigger pull was smooth and gradual enough to not upset the sight alignment. He was relaxed and trained not to react to the noise and recoil of the weapon.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Although she was utterly exhausted, she instinctively continued grinding her hips against his, to take all he had left.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“You have no regard for your own life. You are mentally prepared to die. The question is, do you care about anybody else?”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“She had obviously just stepped out of the shower. Her hair and body were still wet and dripping. The damp white towel wrapped snugly around her body did not cover much; her full breasts were barely contained, and the bottom of the towel hung well above her knees. Temple noticed, too, that her eyes were puffy and red.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“When the man went down, Marlow put another round in the back of his head. Marlow then leveled his Luger toward the male barber, who threw his hands up in a desperate gesture to calm the shooter. "Don't shoot. For God’s sake, don't shoot. Let's talk about this. What is it that you want?”
“No witnesses,” said Marlow.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“She was asking all the right questions. He had to admire her for that, even though she just asked him the one question that he had no logical answer for.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Victoria pounded her hips down to meet every thrust. She loved his roughness. After a while, she closed her eyes, wet her lips with her tongue, and rode him like she was atop a wild stallion.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Temple’s survival mode switched to full alert. There was a sound out there somewhere. It was such a familiar rustling of the leaves, so faint, an untrained ear would not have noticed it. But Temple did.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“With incredulous disbelief, she felt herself nearing that elusive sexual peak that had long ago abandoned her.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Donnetti quickly locked the bathroom door, cut the lights out then leaned back against the furthest wall, knowing none of this would save him. He heard the killer try the doorknob. Then there was silence. A moment later, there was a loud crash, as the door was kicked open, partially off its hinges. Donnetti crouched there in the darkness, looking up at the silhouette of the biggest man he’d ever seen.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“He couldn’t see a damn thing, but was acutely aware, if a gunman was there, his eyes were most likely already adjusted to the dark. Knowing a bullet might be fired into your brain at any moment was extremely disconcerting.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Sprawled naked on her king-size bed lay Hollywood's newest rising star. Her voluptuous, twenty-one-year-old body trembled, in mounting excitement, because she knew, she hoped, as her lover’s lips moved down her body that it was finally going to happen.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“The brutality of her death did not shock Penrod though. These people he worked for and represented in court were all killers. That’s what they do. Penrod had learned to live with it — for the money. In this instance, the woman’s death was inevitable. She was not blindfolded. She had seen Eddie’s face. She was in his home. There was no other way this could have ended.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“As awareness rushed back into Temple’s numb limbs, he awoke with a start. Immediately, he rolled onto all fours, his body taut and ready, his eyes sweeping the room for danger, his fingers reaching for his Walther PPK.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“A woman can tell when she first sees a man if she wants to fuck him. Most women won’t act on it. They’ll think about it. They’ll dream about it. They’ll fantasize about it. But they won’t act on it. Like I said, I’m not most women.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“It was common knowledge, tight dresses were best worn with nothing on underneath, to avoid the telltale lines of undergarments bleeding through. Some women, out of modesty, felt uncomfortable being so naked they usually wore panties or pantyhose underneath. Victoria apparently felt no such modesty.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“That’s when Temple heard it. Raymond Wong heard it, too, the metallic click somewhere out there in the darkness that meant it was too late. One of them was going to die.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Good pussy can make a man do just about anything.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“Temple sprang forward with the quickness of a jungle cat. Edna immediately swung the gun back in his direction, her finger already tightening down on the trigger.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“If she’s not in a talkative mood after that, I’ll have Eddie get a hammer and change her mind.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“I don’t need romance or flowers or a commitment. I just want the sex, just like you men do.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“There was no doubt in Penrod’s mind that she was dead — that he had just witnessed a murder.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only

“This is not a give and take, Mr. Temple. I take. You give. That’s it. I will not bargain with you.”
― Ernie Adams, President's Eyes Only