Brad Meltzer Quotes

You're telling me you can hack into an FBI agent's phone?
"Only when they're dumb enough to use their personal one instead of a secure line. Swear to Steve Jobs, whoever invented working from home should get a big wet kiss on the mouth."

You say you’re a mortician? You should know better than anyone. Just because you’re not dead doesn’t mean you’re alive.

She thought about praying, but learned long ago there’d be no answer.

Sure enough, as Colonel Hsu stepped into his office, she gave him a big thumbs-up with a double pump. She was a politician. If she was leading with charm, bad news was coming.

He felt…good, which should’ve been a sign. If life taught Zig anything, it’s that the universe saves its best punches for when you least expect it.

Even when you’re ready for it, nothing sneaks up on you like grief.

302 phone number. Delaware. Truthfully, I didn’t think they allowed anyone to live in Delaware anymore.

I know why you’re here, Mr. Zigarowski. Your commitment to repetition makes it nauseatingly obvious.

In every life, whatever you do, you either destroy or create.

How old are you, Mr. Zigarowski? Late forties?
"Fifty-two."
"Mhmm. You got lucky with that head of hair. Lady Time picks her lovers with care."

I hate watching cable news; it makes you dumber.

There are only four different magic tricks: You make something appear. You make something disappear. You make two things change place. Or you change one thing into something else. Everything in magic is a variation on those four.