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> [Hell was not for the living, it was for the dead, even the hallowed dead. Let the dead rest in peace. Someday Mack Bolan, too, would rest. For now, he had to find his way among the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/hell-was-not-for-the-living-it-was-for-the-dead-even-the-hallowed/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

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## More by Don Pendleton

> [Mack Bolan is a classic American hero. Readers like him and I feel very good about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/mack-bolan-is-a-classic-american-hero-readers-like-him-and-i-feel/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [When I wrote War Against the Mafia as a Vietnam statement, I didn't expect much to come of it-but quite a bit came and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/when-i-wrote-war-against-the-mafia-as-a-vietnam-statement-i-didn-t/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [As you grow older, you will discover that your mind is the only truly limiting factor in your life. With a well developed mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/as-you-grow-older-you-will-discover-that-your-mind-is-the-only-truly/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [In addition to the original Executioner series I have also written a number of other works with diverse taste, even poetry. None, however, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/in-addition-to-the-original-executioner-series-i-have-also-written-a/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [“amount to a fart in a cyclone. His parents and their parson had tried to sell him the same message, binding him to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/amount-to-a-fart-in-a-cyclone-his-parents-and-their-parson-had-tried/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Ashton Ford will come as something of a surprise to those of you who have been with me over the years. This is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/ashton-ford-will-come-as-something-of-a-surprise-to-those-of-you-who/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Life is often more a sweat than a pleasure but, paradoxically, it is the sweat that gives true meaning to all of life's pleasures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/life-is-often-more-a-sweat-than-a-pleasure-but-paradoxically-it-is/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [I have served many long and lonely years aboard ship in war zones, and the only thing that kept me sane during all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/i-have-served-many-long-and-lonely-years-aboard-ship-in-war-zones-and/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Poetry can be the bridge, the crossover point in the mind between the physical and the spiritual. A place where the two can meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/poetry-can-be-the-bridge-the-crossover-point-in-the-mind-between-the/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Along with everything else, I know that there is a beauty in mankind. It is a beauty that no ugliness, no violence, no hatred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/along-with-everything-else-i-know-that-there-is-a-beauty-in-mankind/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Hell was not for the living, it was for the dead, even the hallowed dead. Let the dead rest in peace. Someday Mack Bolan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/hell-was-not-for-the-living-it-was-for-the-dead-even-the-hallowed/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [The violence in the Executioner books is merely stage-dressing for dramatizing the commitment and dedication Bolan has to his ideals and the lengths to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/the-violence-in-the-executioner-books-is-merely-stage-dressing-for/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/every-writer-is-working-from-his-own-individual-world-view-and-that/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

> [Mack Bolan was simply a man who could command himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-pendleton/mack-bolan-was-simply-a-man-who-could-command-himself/)

[Don Pendleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-pendleton/)

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