James Abel > Quotes

“Whoever said, Eyes are windows of the soul , didn't know what he was talking about. Eyes are curtains that prevent you from seeing. They're rabbits that climb out of a magician's hat. Eyes are the last thing you see smiling before a bullet slams into your midsection.”
― James Abel, White Plague

“"When you have a tough decision to make, the longer you wait, the harder it gets."”
― James Abel, White Plague

“It was funny, I thought, eyeing the Chinese and English logos on the crates, the names of the companies that supplied both countries, funny because our weapons to kill each other were different. But our medicines to save lives were the same.”
― James Abel

“There are many powerful drugs but sometimes I think that words are the strongest. They bind you, paralyze you, spread through your bloodstream faster than an antibiotic. A man sits in a chair, stunned, unmoving, just from words.”
― James Abel, White Plague

“The earth was unstable. The groaning never stopped. It occurred to me far to the south, in the marble halls of Washington, men in comfortable chairs called this process "global warming." There it was academic dinner argument. Here I watched a planet disintegrate before my eyes.”
― James Abel, White Plague

“Alaska is so big that if you superimposed it over the continental United States, one end would cover North Carolina and the other would touch California.”
― James Abel, White Plague

“Thanks, Del Grazo."
"Hey, no problem, sir."
A New York phrase, not Chinese. Well, I thought, if he's a spy for China, he's not going to run around saying things like, As Confucius said and my spymaster stressed, he who learns but does not think is lost! ”
― James Abel, White Plague

“SNAFU: Situation normal. All fucked up.”
― James Abel, Protocol Zero

“our weapons to kill each other were different. But our medicines to save lives were the same.”
― James Abel, White Plague