Jack looked out the window as they passed the Mormon temple, just outside the beltway near Connecticut Avenue. A decidedly odd-looking building, it had grandeur with its marble columns and gilt spires. The beliefs represented by that impressive structure seemed curious to Ryan, a lifelong Catholic, but the people who held them were honest and hardworking, and fiercely loyal to their country, because they believed in what America stood for. Tom Clancy
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  1. They keep track of time. Sometimes things happen and you feel that you need to mark them down. - Scott OConnor
  2. Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to kill, or for being merciful, or for seeking peace; only the profoundest ignorance of history could prevent one from recognizing this.... - David Bentley Hart
  3. See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places, - Neal Stephenson
  4. All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow. - Leo Tolstoy
  5. Deep in the meadow, under the willowa bed of grass, a soft green pillow lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyesand when again they open, the sun will rise. Hear it's safe, here it's warm hear the daisies guard you from every harm... - Suzanne Collins
More Quotes By Tom Clancy
  1. The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
  2. I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.
  3. If you don't write it down, then it never happened
  4. Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.
  5. Danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.
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