The bureaucracy staggers on like a beheaded chicken, its stubborn autonomic functions creating the illusion of life. - Michael P. Kube-McDowell

I thought Green was where the mob owned Washington."
"It is," Tackett said. "It makes less difference than you might think.

“I guess it just happens. How many really happy couples do you know?”
Arens blew smoke skyward. “Not many. Seems like everybody settles for less than they thought they were going to get.”
“I thought we were going to be different.”
“Everybody does,” Arens said.

Peace," Robinson repeated. His head lolled back against the chair until he was looking up into the cabin's rafters. "There's been more fighting about that than almost anything you can name. Do you know, Gregory, there's a very simple reason why peace on earth is a pipe dream. Peace has the disadvantage of freezing the status quo, and there'll always be individuals, groups, nations who find the status quo unacceptable.