Quotes From Midnight Runner

Here are some nice quotes from Midnight Runner by Jack Higgins:

"And Billy Salter, a London gangster, four times in prison, a man who had killed in his time, a lover of moral philosophy, smiled coldly.
"Well you know what Heidegger said: 'For authentic living, what is necessary is the resolute confrontation of death.'"
"You must be cracked," Harry said.

"Dillon knew very well where it was, next to the snug, but, of course, he wasn't supposed to. He brought the drinks to the table.
"I need the toilet," he announced. "Anyone else?"
"I'm fine," Quinn said."

"Oh, and I tried the White House, but the President is on an official visit to Argentina, so I had to make do with Blake Johnson. He was horrified to hear about Quinn and Kate Rashid's plans."
"What did he say?"
"That he would inform the President."
"Was he suitably alarmed?"
"What he actually said was: 'Tell Dillon and Billy to go in and kick ass.'"
Dillon turned to Billy. "Now there's a compliment. So here we go again."
"Saving the free world. Why does it always have to be us?"
"We're too good at it, that's the problem," and Dillon called to Sergeant Pound, "I'll have a Bushmills now."

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