32 quotes found
“Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!”
“The first day of the rest of my life.”
“Do it once and do it right and do it quickly”
“I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.”
“were under the very erroneous impression that we had money. Of”
“Resolute, responsible, determined, knowledgeable, and perceptive”
“People spend thousands of dollars on stereos. Sometimes tens of thousands. There is a specialist industry right here in the States which builds stereo gear to a standard you wouldn't believe. Tubed...”
“Reacher prowled the hallway, his gun stiff-armed way out in front of him, his torso jerking violently left and right from the hips, like a crazy disco dance. The house-storming shuffle.”
“He liked the electric darkness and the hot dirty air and the blasts of noise and traffic and the manic barking sirens and the crush of people. It helped a lonely man feel connected and isolated bot...”
“People who say "no" right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying "no" but generally they stop and think about it first. And they add "sorry" or something like that...”
“What's the best place to hide a car? In an airport long-term lot. Like where's the best place to hide a grain of sand? On the beach”
“They had come for us in the night. Hey had come expecting a lot of blood. They had come with all their gear. Their rubber overshoes and their nylon bodysuits. Their knives, their hammer, their bag ...”
“A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, s...”
“No cop on earth would call his badge a government identification document. Cops dont work for the government. Not in their minds. They work for their department. For each other. For the whole world...”
“Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep track of their movements. But people happily carry their cell phones in...”
“Its always fifty-fifty, Pete. Like tossing a coin. Either Im wrong, or Im right, either you bring us back, or you dont, either Deputy Chiefs are what they say they are, or theyre not. Always fifty-...”
“Like when people say they slept like a baby. Do they mean they slept well? Or do they mean they woke up every ten minutes, screaming?”
“Foreign, for sure. But we all bleed the same color red. No doubt about that. The truth of that statement was plain to see. Reacher put the guy out of misery. A single shot, close range, behind the ...”
“Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.”
“veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David”
