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Where are the deputies?' 'On their way up to the first-aid post.' 'What happened to them?' 'I did.
~ Lee Child
The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline.
~ Lee Child
I went to college. West Point is technically a college.
~ Lee Child
His eyes were closed, which made it not much of a fair fight, but those are always my favorite kind.
~ Lee Child
There are only two real people in fiction – the storyteller and the listener
~ Lee Child
Neagley hated physical contact. No one knew why. But it was a recognized issue.
~ Lee Child
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
For real? That's kind of creepy." Reacher said, "I know. And I'm real
~ Lee Child
103 and the even more basic 2 and 515. So, 1030. A thousand and thirty. A mistake. Maybe. Or, maybe not a mistake. Reacher took fifty dollars from the machine and dug in his pocket for change and went in
~ Lee Child
They were all in line, single file, like an armada from hell. It was a magnificent sight.
~ Lee Child
Lowell's an odd duck," Peterson said. "He's a loner. He reads books.
~ Lee Child
Although he had read that Pittsburgh was becoming an in-demand moviemaking town.
~ Lee Child
Chang said, "I don't understand how you drink so much coffee." "Law of gravity," Reacher said. "If you tip it up, it comes right out. You can't help but drink it.
~ Lee Child
Reacher thanked the guy for the ride, and got out, and watched the truck squeal away, each tire insisting the other three were wrong.
~ Lee Child
It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it
~ Lee Child
The gunsmoke whipped away in the wind and the sudden noise faded and the jet whine came back, low and steady.
~ Lee Child
the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Georgia, nearly six hundred feet above the Savannah River
~ Lee Child
He rolled the bloodied tape into a cylinder
~ Lee Child
wooden visitor chair polished to a high shine by a thousand pairs of pants.
~ Lee Child
The live guy had suspiciously little in his pockets. And what he had was a little suspicious.
~ Lee Child
After the apology the narrative cut to the then-current chase, which seemed to be equal parts political, legal, and deranged.
~ Lee Child
Looking at it how?" "On my laptop. With Google Earth." "You guys have it easy." "Technology is indeed a wonderful thing. How can I help you?
~ Lee Child
Cemetery than the White House was east.
~ Lee Child
He was calm. Just another night of business as usual in his long and spectacularly violent life.
~ Lee Child