Quotes About Lee Child

I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun.

Where are the deputies?' 'On their way up to the first-aid post.' 'What happened to them?' 'I did.

Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable weaponry, and beyond outstanding at hand-to-hand combat. Susan knew what that last rating meant. Like having a running chainsaw thrown at you

We should get a cup of coffee. 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. Your heart must be thumping all the time. Better than the alternative.

His eyes were closed, which made it not much of a fair fight, but those are always my favorite kind.

Neagley hated physical contact. No one knew why. But it was a recognized issue.

For real? That's kind of creepy." Reacher said, "I know. And I'm real

veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David

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

The guy said, "We don't know if the somebody is a Chinaman. That information would have helped, I guess.

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.

Reacher thanked the guy for the ride, and got out, and watched the truck squeal away, each tire insisting the other three were wrong.

It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it

The gunsmoke whipped away in the wind and the sudden noise faded and the jet whine came back, low and steady.

the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Georgia, nearly six hundred feet above the Savannah River

In principle the most vulnerable, but he wasn't worried. Sheer rage would overcome any theoretical tactical disadvantage.

He rolled the bloodied tape into a cylinder

wooden visitor chair polished to a high shine by a thousand pairs of pants.

The live guy had suspiciously little in his pockets. And what he had was a little suspicious.

heard their types of questions before. Like he was interested in them. He gave what he thought would be

This gentleman is heading for Mineral County in West Virginia. Near a place called Keyser, not too far from the Maryland line." Which all meant nothing to Reacher, except that West Virginia sounded one step better than regular Virginia.

After the apology the narrative cut to the then-current chase, which seemed to be equal parts political, legal, and deranged.

Chang asked, "Was that the showbusiness answer?" Reacher

Cemetery than the White House was east.