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”‘Use your head.’ [Rizzo] put on a sad, pained look, as if he what he was about to say caused him great agony. Shaking his head, he spoke in a high, small voice: ‘You shouldn’t be trusting me. Don’t you see?’ With this, he made himself very small and looked up into Joe’s face with his eyes so wide open the lids looked like they might tear at the edges. [pg111-112]” Rizzo lmaooo

Quote I liked "... knowing and savoring something he had no words for about destiny: that there is a certain way of climbing inside of time that gives a man ownership of the world and everything in it, and when it takes place, there is a kind of click, and from then on when you hear a juke box... it plays only what you need to hear... you don't need a reservation, the whole world is reserved" [pgs 15-16]

Seeing the masterpiece that is Midnight Cowboy (1969) for the first time is a life-changing experience

5 chapters left!

Friendship ended with Inman now McMahon is my DDCI

I’m crying nobody wanted the CIA to get involved with Cuba the way they were planning😭

“Inman didn’t see how the United States could maintain any balanced policy if Israel was permitted to drop bombs all over the Middle East using American intelligence.”pg139 hmm

Hugel’s DDO arc was so dramatic and short-lived I just know he was listening to “The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA

”Once when a gust of wind blew Casey's hat from his head, Hugel went chasing after it and a second gust caught Hugel's toupee and sent it flying” pg61 I’m crying Hugel is the type of guy to slip on a banana peel