Lee Child

“At one point they said they were heading to”

— Lee Child

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

— Lee Child

“If you hear hoof beats, you look for horses, not zebras.”

— Lee Child

“he could hear faint sounds from their”

— Lee Child

You do not mess with the special investigators.

— Lee Child

I went to college. West Point is technically a college.

— Lee Child

“wouldn’t. So he hoped they would bear”

— Lee Child

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

— Lee Child

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

— Lee Child

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

— 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

“The most unbearable type of anger is a woman’s—do anything to avoid it.”

— Lee Child

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

— Lee Child

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

— Lee Child

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.

— Lee Child

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

— Lee Child

“First you spend a lot of time and money making the grass grow, just so you can spend a lot of time…

— Lee Child

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do…

— Lee Child

“Surprise was always good. Delay was always fatal. Guys who let a situation unfold in its own good time were just stockpiling…

— Lee Child

“You’re a hard man, Reacher,” she said. He was quiet in turn. “I think I’m a realistic man,” he said. “And a…

— Lee Child

“I worked thirteen years, got me nowhere. I feel like I tried it their way, and to hell with them. Now I'm…

— Lee Child

“The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline.”

— Lee Child

“waitress came by and Reacher ordered his go-to breakfast, which was coffee plus a short stack of pancakes with eggs, bacon, and…

— Lee Child

It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me,…

— Lee Child

“... Feral, from the Latin adjective ferus, wild, via bestia fear, wild animal. Generally held to mean having escaped from domestication, and…

— Lee Child

“He was the youngest and newest member of a four-man team. Hence, low man on the totem pole. Except that calling a…

— Lee Child

I had a teacher once, grade school somewhere. Philippines, I think, because she always wore a big white hat. So it was…

— Lee Child

“First: Character is king. There are probably fewer than six books every century remembered specifically for their plots. People remember characters. Same…

— Lee Child

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure…

— Lee Child

“He had a choice,’ I said. ‘He could have spent his days helping old ladies across the street. He could have volunteered…

— Lee Child

“Her eyes were green, and they were warm and liquid with some kind of deep, dreamy satisfaction. There was sparkle, muted, like…

— Lee Child

“How much do you work out?" "I don't," he said. "It's genetic." Which it was. Puberty had brought him many things unbidden,…

— Lee Child

The first day of the rest of my life.

— Lee Child

“Dealing with morons … is like teaching Hindu to a beagle.”

— Lee Child

“once in a pocket, a solid mechanical thrill”

— Lee Child

I'm not a vagrant. I'm a hobo. Big difference.

— Lee Child

“Shotguns and children don't mix.”

— Lee Child

“Be friendly with the cookhouse detail.”

— Lee Child

“Mucus drip might do it, or a very mild strep virus.”

— Lee Child

“I could tell you, but then I’d have to bill you.”

— Lee Child