“One thing you learn in my job is that the truth is usually the last thing people want to emerge. Guilty or innocent, it doesn't matter. Everyone has something to hide.”
“The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.”
“One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.”
“A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty until found effective.”
“I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting the things that everyone wants.”
“No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.”