“If that's what it takes". Jack had the confidence of a man who knew he had all the exits guarded. "Location 1044”
“He had the confidence of a man who had never been wounded.”
“I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.”
“The men who knew that he knew what he knew had found him”
“The point was - he wasn't acting. It was as if he'd forgotten how! Jack still knew his lines, but he was out of character... Jack had stopped acting. He was just Jack Burns - the real Jack Burns at last.”
“I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me. I wish every grad student had that attitude.”