I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time.
Lee Child
I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.
death afraid
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 amplifiers which cost more than a house. Speakers taller than me. Cables thicker than a garden hose. Some army guys had that stuff. I'd heard it on bases around the world. Wonderful. But they were wasting their money. Because the best stereo in the world is free. Inside your head. It sounds as good as you want it to. As loud as you want it to be.
music
Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!
writing
Veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David
kindlehighlight
Were under the very erroneous impression that we had money. Of
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 of nails. They had come to do a job on us, like they'd done on Morrison and his wife.
violence
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, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.
honor duty
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.
life-experience
The first day of the rest of my life.
life-philosophy
Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.
funny humor men-and-women
people thetimes time
People say that knowledge is power. The more knowledge, the more power. Which makes you just about the most powerful person on earth. When it comes to killing people. And then getting away with it.
people power
Reacher hated turning back. He liked to press on, dead ahead, whatever. Everyone's life needed an organizing principle, and relentless forward motion was Reacher's.
principles life
He had no living relatives anywhere capable of leaving him a fortune in a will. He owed no money. He had never stolen anything, never cheated anybody. Never fathered any children. He was on as few pieces of paper as it was possible for a human being to get. He was just about invisible.
fortune money
Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.
plans war
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