Digital Fortress Quotes
"Tonight was supposed to be special—to celebrate six months."
"I'll call you from the plane and explain everything."
"Depressed, she went to her closet for a clean blouse and skirt."
"Unbelievable, she thought. Twenty-six thousand employees and a twelve-billion-dollar budget; you'd think they could make it through the weekend without me."
"Susan Fletcher's legs. Hard to imagine they support a 170 IQ."
"You're a childish, sexually frustrated squash fiend."
"Doctor," she repeated. "Say the first thing that comes to mind."
"The NSA had lost the battle—exactly as it had planned."
"Code-breakers were too valuable a commodity at the NSA to risk losing them to burnout."
"The NSA would, in effect, be able to open everyone's mail and reseal it without their knowing."
"The government could not afford the mass hysteria caused by revealing the truth."
"Without revealing his algorithm, he had proven to the NSA that it was unbreakable."
"Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them."
"Every code unbreakable. Bankers, brokers, terrorists, spies. One world-one algorithm."
"Snooping data was a lot like having indiscriminate sex—protection or no protection, sooner or later you caught something."
"You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt."
"Trust me. Any sign of trouble, and I'll send in the pros."
"I specifically called the scheduled Sys-Sec last night and told him not to come in!"
"TRANSLTR is fifteen hours into this attack. I want to run it a full twenty-four—just to be sure."
"I need to know for sure this algorithm is untouchable."
"From the puzzled look on Chartrukian's face, it was obvious he'd never seen the inside of this place."
"Susan intimidated the hell out of him. Her mind worked on a different plane."
"Susan watched, impressed with the commander's performance."
"Instinct doesn't take a psychic to know this isn't any goddamn diagnostic!"
"Asking the NSA to lend a hand in improving public-key encryption was somewhat akin to asking a condemned man to build his own coffin."
"A cozy Saturday in the Playpen, just the two of us."
"I feel like I'm sitting on my hands up here."
"The purity of her love for cryptography seemed to be an emotional lifeline to Strathmore."
"Spain's Golden Age had long since passed, but for a while in the mid-1600s, this small nation had ruled the world."
"Why don't you step over here?" He led Becker to the end of the counter. "Now," he continued, practically in a whisper. "How may I help you?"
"I need to speak to one of his escorts whom I believe is dining here. Her name is Rocio."
"It's important." A matter of national security.
"The Alfonso XIII has strict policies regarding client privacy."
"Sorry to bother you." He turned and walked back into the lobby.
"But of course, I'll be sure Rocio gets this in the morning."
"Everyone knows an unbreakable algorithm is a mathematical impossibility."
"There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
"Governments should have the right to gather information that threatens the common good."
"There is a frail gate separating democracy from anarchy. The NSA guards that gate."
"Who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?"
"That's all. But you'll never find her. Seville is a big city-it can be very deceptive."
"His brain was having trouble keeping track of his feet."
"The twin tailpipes choked out a cloud of thick smoke."
"Becker's mind filled with images of the ring, the waiting Learjet 60, and at the end of it all, Susan."
"Of all the buses in Seville, Mr. Becker had just boarded the infamous number 27."
"This kid's a walking billboard for birth control."
"If there's a power failure, it's hardware-related-viruses don't kill power, they attack software and data."
"No, Midge sweetie, I'm up to my armpits in serial cable here."
"Damn it, Midge!" Jabba exploded. "I told you, there's no virus in Crypto! Stop being so damned paranoid!"
"If Strathmore's not worried, I'm not worried."
"You're talking about classified information inside the director's private quarters."
"I'm printing a queue list. I'm going to walk in, pick it up, and walk out."
"Midge… come on. These are the director's private quarters."
"I protest to your insinuations that the deputy director of this agency is lying."
"It's time to act - time to abort the TRANSLTR run and escape."
"Sometimes a man in my position is forced to lie to the people he loves."
"The human mind is the fastest computer in existence."
"Every move Strathmore had made, Tankado had been behind the scenes, pulling the strings."
"The best code-breakers in the world had missed it, just as he had planned."
"TRANSLTR had cracked the protective seal and released the virus."
"Susan couldn't believe that Tankado would have allowed this to happen."
"Deleting the NSA's databank was an act of aggression Susan could not imagine Ensei Tankado committing."
"This was about letting the world know that the NSA was listening."
"I'm a pacifist too, thought Strathmore, I just don't have the luxury of acting like one."
"There was duty to think of: country and honor."
"With every blast of the horns, Hale's words echoed inside her head: I'm truly sorry about David Becker."
"Susan's mind told her to run, but David's dead weight pressed down all around her."
"Strathmore stared, reality warped, and time slowed to a crawl."
"Susan, I need to ask you something. Will you marry me?"
"A virus? Are you insane? Call Tankado! Tell him we fold! We need that kill-code! NOW!"
"About twenty minutes. I suggest we use the time wisely."
"We've got a time crunch here. Let's get to the meat of it."
"I've found something, sir! Orphans in the source!"
"We're being attacked by a rough draft of Tankado's worm?"
"Tankado was a perfectionist. There's no way he left bugs in his program."