It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.
“A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.”
“If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit.”