“Aurelia frowned. "Are you saying that you hang around the women at court to gather intel?" "Oh, Your Grace, you are quick on the uptake," he said with an impressed look on his face. "It's not fair. Flaminius always gets the hot ones. Does he have to get the smart ones too?”
― Taming Flame
― Taming Flame
“Sussman had the ability to seize facts and lock them in his memory, where they remained poised for instants recall. More than any other editor at the Post, or Bernstein and Woodward, Sussman became a walking compendium of Watergate knowledge, a reference source to be summoned when even the library failed. On a deadline, he would pump these facts into a story in a constant infusion, working up a body of significant information to support what otherwise seemed like the weakest of revelations. In Sussman's mind, everything fitted. Watergate was a puzzle and he was a collector of the pieces.
-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward”
― All the President’s Men
-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward”
― All the President’s Men
“I’ve gotten accustomed to that tiny piece of hope that sits in the middle of the not knowing.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
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