“He had to grow his own NCOs.”

“The extraneous duties, in a sense, were the job.”

“You couldn't allow yourself to get bored. THAT would be a fight.”

“People in the intelligence community are not made to believe in coincidences.”

“Diplomacy "was like a card game. The difference was that you never really knew the value of the cards in your own hand.”

“It wasn't an epidemic yet because no one knew about it.”

“If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, youll keep resentment far away.”

“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations”

“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”