Joseph Badal > Quotes

“The man mistook American patience and attempts at diplomacy for weakness.”
― Joseph Badal, Terror Cell

“Would he have had it any other way? No! At least not the journey. But maybe some of the stops along the way.”
― Joseph Badal, Evil Deeds

“would be surprised if they tried ramming a truck loaded with explosives into one of the Olympic venues. We’ve learned how to deal with that sort of attack. Remember the suicide attacker last year who went after the Turks’ building in Baghdad. All he did was ram into a concrete blockade, blow himself up, and shatter a lot of windows. Their methods are changing as we learn to counter them.”
― Joseph Badal, Terror Cell

“officers”
― Joseph Badal, Dark Angel

“even paranoid people had enemies.”
― Joseph Badal, Evil Deeds

“In the book’s index, she found an entry for Borderline Personality Disorder, with several sub-categories, including: Borderline Personality, Borderline Narcissism, Common Symptoms, Dissociative Symptoms, Self-Mutilation. Barbara turned to page seventy-two. The text listed an array of borderline personality disorder symptoms. It didn’t take Barbara long to begin to really sympathize with Maxwell Comstock. Life with Victoria must have been impossible at times: Mood swings, sudden irrational anger, depressive episodes, and impulsivity. Other borderline hallmarks were sexual confusion and promiscuity, manipulation and obsession of others, and a skewed, paranoid view of reality. On page seventy-five, Barbara learned that borderlines were indifferent to others’ needs, couldn’t handle rejection, continually sought approval, and had an exaggerated sense of self-importance. The ominous part of the diagnosis: No known cure.”
― Joseph Badal, Borderline

“She liked thinking about the good things in her life. If she thought about the sad things, she might go crazy.”
― Joseph Badal, Evil Deeds

“DEFCON 1. All warheads were to be armed.”
― Joseph Badal, Terror Cell

“Bing Jenkins, a two-term senator from New Mexico, was a dove, a rabid advocate for the United States becoming part of a world community governed through the United Nations, a skillful politician, and dumb as a retarded sheep.”
― Joseph Badal, The Lone Wolf Agenda