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Lee Child quotes: Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me. Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.
Lee Child quotes: Handguns were in-room weapons. Under expert control in high-pressure situations the average range for a successful engagement was about eleven feet. Handguns were in-room weapons. Under expert control in high-pressure situations the average range for a successful engagement was about eleven feet.
Lee Child quotes: Revising objectives is smart because it stops you throwing good money after bad. Revising objectives is smart because it stops you throwing good money after bad.
Lee Child quotes: When you've knocked someone unconscious, put him into the recovery position. If you want him to recover. When you've knocked someone unconscious, put him into the recovery position. If you want him to recover.
Lee Child quotes: If you can't acquaint an opponent with reason, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk. If you can't acquaint an opponent with reason, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk.
Lee Child quotes: He rolled the bloodied tape into a cylinder He rolled the bloodied tape into a cylinder
Lee Child quotes: I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence. I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.
Lee Child quotes: Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces. Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.
Lee Child quotes: A calm environment is for after I finish work. A calm environment is for after I finish work.
Lee Child quotes: problem shared is a problem halved. problem shared is a problem halved.
Lee Child quotes: second rule, learned from a lifetime of bad luck and trouble: Maintain a little dignity. second rule, learned from a lifetime of bad luck and trouble: Maintain a little dignity.
Lee Child quotes: He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch. He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.
Lee Child quotes: The day guy was an aquiline black man about seven feet tall, but slender as a pencil, folded into a desk chair that was far too small for him. The day guy was an aquiline black man about seven feet tall, but slender as a pencil, folded into a desk chair that was far too small for him.
Lee Child quotes: It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.
Lee Child quotes: The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline. The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline.
Lee Child quotes: Women passengers Women passengers
Lee Child quotes: Spread love and understanding," Reacher said. "Use force if necessary. Spread love and understanding," Reacher said. "Use force if necessary.
Lee Child quotes: I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.
Lee Child quotes: You do not mess with the special investigators. You do not mess with the special investigators.
Lee Child quotes: Shotguns and children don't mix. Shotguns and children don't mix.
Lee Child quotes: Rule two: watch his eyes. If they stayed up, he was going to swing. If they dropped down, he was going to kick. Rule two: watch his eyes. If they stayed up, he was going to swing. If they dropped down, he was going to kick.
Lee Child quotes: I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.
Lee Child quotes: I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.
Lee Child quotes: 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 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
Lee Child quotes: I'd lost something I never knew I'd had. I'd lost something I never knew I'd had.
Lee Child quotes: You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest subsidies? You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest subsidies?
Lee Child quotes: I can't worry about something I can't change. I can't worry about something I can't change.
Lee Child quotes: He's worth having. All I got was two fake lawsuits." "Seems like Morgan's value just went down, as part of a credible He's worth having. All I got was two fake lawsuits." "Seems like Morgan's value just went down, as part of a credible
Lee Child quotes: You were trained to play a game, and you're not even good enough to do that. I was trained to kill people, and I was the best at it. You were trained to play a game, and you're not even good enough to do that. I was trained to kill people, and I was the best at it.
Lee Child quotes: We need to triage those six hundred places. We need to triage those six hundred places.
Lee Child quotes: The line between Hope and Despair was exactly that: a line, in the road, The line between Hope and Despair was exactly that: a line, in the road,
Lee Child quotes: I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on. I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on.
Lee Child quotes: I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it. I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
Lee Child quotes: We're your legal advisors.'Which they weren't, obviously. Reacher knew that. Army lawyers don't travel in pairs and breathe through their mouths. We're your legal advisors.'
Which they weren't, obviously. Reacher knew that. Army lawyers don't travel in pairs and breathe through their mouths.
Lee Child quotes: This is why we need more women officers. For us it's enough to win. For you, the other guy has to know he lost. This is why we need more women officers. For us it's enough to win. For you, the other guy has to know he lost.
Lee Child quotes: The only way to keep fear and panic at bay was to concentrate ruthlessly on the job at hand. The only way to keep fear and panic at bay was to concentrate ruthlessly on the job at hand.
Lee Child quotes: Like they were puppets, and the puppeteer had sneezed. Like they were puppets, and the puppeteer had sneezed.
Lee Child quotes: I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment. I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.
Lee Child quotes: Reacher said, So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist. Reacher said, So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.
Lee Child quotes: If in doubt, say nothing. If in doubt, say nothing.
Lee Child quotes: It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book? It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?
Lee Child quotes: I don't want to put the world to rights ... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs. I don't want to put the world to rights ... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.
Lee Child quotes: L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.
Lee Child quotes: was a meticulous guy, right? was a meticulous guy, right?
Lee Child quotes: You mustn't fall in love with your own hero. You mustn't fall in love with your own hero.
Lee Child quotes: No one talked, but they all said plenty. No one talked, but they all said plenty.
Lee Child quotes: The basis of any scam is telling people what they want to hear. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The basis of any scam is telling people what they want to hear. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Lee Child quotes: The best fights are the ones you don't have, a wise man once said to me. The best fights are the ones you don't have, a wise man once said to me.
Lee Child quotes: People live, and then they die. And as long as they do both things properly, there's nothing much to regret. People live, and then they die. And as long as they do both things properly, there's nothing much to regret.
Lee Child quotes: Reacher said Nothing Reacher said Nothing
Lee Child quotes: Tony Swan, Jorge Sanchez, Calvin Franz, Frances Neagley, Stanley Lowrey, Manuel Orozco, David O'Donnell, and Karla Dixon. Tony Swan, Jorge Sanchez, Calvin Franz, Frances Neagley, Stanley Lowrey, Manuel Orozco, David O'Donnell, and Karla Dixon.
Lee Child quotes: Waiting is a skill like anything else. Waiting is a skill like anything else.
Lee Child quotes: Like an AWOL soldier saying goodbye to his Like an AWOL soldier saying goodbye to his
Lee Child quotes: There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. There is nothing wrong with just telling the story.
Lee Child quotes: Both were military. That was clear.Reacher could tell by their haircuts. No civilian barber would be as pragmatic or as brutal. Both were military. That was clear.Reacher could tell by their haircuts. No civilian barber would be as pragmatic or as brutal.
Lee Child quotes: The first day of the rest of my life. The first day of the rest of my life.
Lee Child quotes: For real? That's kind of creepy." Reacher said, "I know. And I'm real For real? That's kind of creepy." Reacher said, "I know. And I'm real
Lee Child quotes: What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all. What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.
Lee Child quotes: Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
Lee Child quotes: You tell a lot of lies, Ms. Berenson," he said. Berenson said nothing. Neagley said, "She's Human Resources. It's what they do. You tell a lot of lies, Ms. Berenson," he said. Berenson said nothing. Neagley said, "She's Human Resources. It's what they do.
Lee Child quotes: Nothing ever works like you predict it. All plans fall apart as soon as the first shot is fired. Nothing ever works like you predict it. All plans fall apart as soon as the first shot is fired.
Lee Child quotes: you know much about head injuries?''only the ones I cause you know much about head injuries?'
'only the ones I cause
Lee Child quotes: Dealing with morons ... is like teaching Hindu to a beagle. Dealing with morons ... is like teaching Hindu to a beagle.
Lee Child quotes: Stealthy approaches were hard to make through thigh-high drifts. Stealthy approaches were hard to make through thigh-high drifts.
Lee Child quotes: once in a pocket, a solid mechanical thrill once in a pocket, a solid mechanical thrill
Lee Child quotes: Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever. Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever.
Lee Child quotes: I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me. I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.
Lee Child quotes: ... He also said, if you can't acquaint an opponent with tease, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk. He was a man of sound instincts. ... He also said, if you can't acquaint an opponent with tease, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk. He was a man of sound instincts.
Lee Child quotes: Don't be sad that roses have thorns.Be glad that thorns have Roses.Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen. Don't be sad that roses have thorns.
Be glad that thorns have Roses.
Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.
Lee Child quotes: I had to decide how to use that pressure. I had to decide whether it was going to crush me or turn me into a diamond. I had to decide how to use that pressure. I had to decide whether it was going to crush me or turn me into a diamond.
Lee Child quotes: Some kind of internecine conflict, over the spoils. Some kind of internecine conflict, over the spoils.
Lee Child quotes: Although he had read that Pittsburgh was becoming an in-demand moviemaking town. Although he had read that Pittsburgh was becoming an in-demand moviemaking town.
Lee Child quotes: I thought justice ground real slow in Texas." "Only if you plead not guilty. I thought justice ground real slow in Texas." "Only if you plead not guilty.
Lee Child quotes: I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment. I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment.
Lee Child quotes: Hackett had plenty of maxillary damage. Hackett had plenty of maxillary damage.
Lee Child quotes: Reacher liked New York more than most places. He liked the casual indifference of it all and the frantic hustle and the total anonymity. Reacher liked New York more than most places. He liked the casual indifference of it all and the frantic hustle and the total anonymity.
Lee Child quotes: hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot
Lee Child quotes: Aim for the side of the skull, which is softer and displaces the brain more. Aim for the side of the skull, which is softer and displaces the brain more.
Lee Child quotes: Her breasts rested on the edge of the table. Her breasts rested on the edge of the table.
Lee Child quotes: I said nothing. I'm good at saying nothing. I don't like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to. I said nothing. I'm good at saying nothing. I don't like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.
Lee Child quotes: Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too. Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.
Lee Child quotes: I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things. I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.
Lee Child quotes: Thomas Brant watched them go. He used his cell phone and called his boss, a man named Curtis Mauney. Thomas Brant watched them go. He used his cell phone and called his boss, a man named Curtis Mauney.
Lee Child quotes: Do it once and do it right and do it quickly Do it once and do it right and do it quickly
Lee Child quotes: You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury. You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.
Lee Child quotes: The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today. The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.
Lee Child quotes: I'm not much to talk about. What you see is what you get. I'm not much to talk about. What you see is what you get.
Lee Child quotes: A yard and left, Dave, he said. O'Donnell was like a blind man. His eyes were tight on the two guys A yard and left, Dave, he said. O'Donnell was like a blind man. His eyes were tight on the two guys
Lee Child quotes: OK," I said. "Forget the whole thing." "Really?" "Orders are orders," I said. "The alternative is anarchy and chaos. OK," I said. "Forget the whole thing." "Really?" "Orders are orders," I said. "The alternative is anarchy and chaos.
Lee Child quotes: London has a quarter of the whole world's supply of closed circuit cameras, all in one city. London has a quarter of the whole world's supply of closed circuit cameras, all in one city.
Lee Child quotes: Drivers hit their horns in anticipation of potential fractional delays. Drivers hit their horns in anticipation of potential fractional delays.
Lee Child quotes: While Roscoe made cups of coffee for Charlie Hubble and Finlay sat in the rosewood office, While Roscoe made cups of coffee for Charlie Hubble and Finlay sat in the rosewood office,
Lee Child quotes: We don't teach them to fight fair, and we don't start a fight. We don't teach them to fight fair, and we don't start a fight.
Lee Child quotes: Law of gravity,' Reacher said. 'If you tip it up, Law of gravity,' Reacher said. 'If you tip it up,
Lee Child quotes: Never hit a woman unless she's trying to kill you. Never hit a woman unless she's trying to kill you.
Lee Child quotes: In order to win, you must be prepared to lose. In order to win, you must be prepared to lose.
Lee Child quotes: Street-fighting's first rule: there are no rules. Street-fighting's first rule: there are no rules.
Lee Child quotes: Then finally he opened the wrong door, and what came out at him was his problem, not mine. Then finally he opened the wrong door, and what came out at him was his problem, not mine.
Lee Child quotes: People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed. People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.
Lee Child quotes: If somebody's got money outside of his salary, it shows up somewhere. If somebody's got money outside of his salary, it shows up somewhere.

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