Andy Lim

“Science lacks something very important that religion provides: a moral code. Survival of the fittest is a scientific fact, but it is a cruel ethic; the way of beasts, not a civilized society. Laws can only take us so far, and they must be based upon something—a shared moral code that rises from something. As that moral foundation recedes, so will society’s values.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis Gene

“Mr. Irving, you and I could get along and accomplish some things here together if you didn’t maintain this basic attitude of `us against them.’” I shrugged. “I have that attitude because that’s exactly the way it is.” “It needn’t be. If we cooperated more — “ “If my aunt had balls, Mr. Grzgorek, she’d be my uncle.”
― Clifford Irving, Clifford Irving's Prison Journal

“Being ex-military is like being a lapsed Catholic. Even though they’re way in the back of your mind, the old rituals still exert a powerful pull.”
― Lee Child, Persuader

“I don’t really care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.”
― Lee Child, Persuader