"That was the one he wanted. When plans fall down, improvise." p.15

"He took time only to tell Giuseppe that he had a little interpreting for him to do that afternoon and to look into the face of the blonde." p. 38

"Democracy is this: democracy is that the men of the government are no longer the masters of the people. They are the servants of the people." p. 45

"Boss, you're a kid Guiseppe" p. 68

"I would be a man of authority. I would be the thing I have hated all my life. The other fishermen would laugh at me for becoming the thing I had always hated most." p. 78

"You think I'm too previous?" Captain Purvis said. "Hell, why beat around the bush, Major?" p.97

"No," said Tina. "You don't have to explain. I know what it is to be restless. That's why my hair is blonde, I...