--- title: "11 Said Quotes By Lee Child" description: "11 Said quotes by Lee Child. Plus more from Lee Child and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/lee-child-980_said_reacher-said-nothing-2459054_2459054.jpg" --- > [“Reacher said Nothing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/reacher-said-nothing/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/lee-child-980_said_reacher-said-nothing-2459054_2459054.jpg) > [The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/the-best-fights-are-the-ones-you-don-t-have-a-wise-man-once-said-to-me/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/lee-child-980_fighting_the-best-fights-are-the-ones-you-don-t-h_3229175.jpg) > [“So like I said, what are you running from?” “From being like people, I guess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/so-like-i-said-what-are-you-running-from-from-being-like-people-i/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/lee-child-980_running_so-like-i-said-what-are-you-running-from_3128762.jpg) > [Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/spread-love-and-understanding-reacher-said-use-force-if-necessary/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/lee-child-980_force_spread-love-and-understanding-reacher-sa_60927.jpg) > [Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/some-old-guy-once-said-that-the-meaning-of-life-is-that-it-ends/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/lee-child-980_ends_some-old-guy-once-said-that-the-meaning_786587.jpg) > [“At one point they said they were heading to”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/at-one-point-they-said-they-were-heading-to/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/lee-child-980_heading_at-one-point-they-said-they-were-heading_2538361.jpg) > [I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/i-have-to-warn-you-i-promised-my-mother-a-long-time-ago-she-said-i/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/lee-child-980_chance_i-have-to-warn-you-i-promised-my-mother_365582.jpg) > [I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/i-said-nothing-i-m-good-at-saying-nothing-i-don-t-like-talking-i/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/lee-child-980_life_i-said-nothing-i-m-good-at-saying-nothin_2888976.jpg) > [Reacher said, "So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/reacher-said-so-here-s-the-thing-brett-either-you-take-your-hand-off/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/lee-child-980_hands_reacher-said-so-here-s-the-thing-brett-e_842249.jpg) > [I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/i-love-visiting-la-it-s-an-endlessly-fascinating-city-and-is-of/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/lee-child-980_america_i-love-visiting-la-it-s-an-endlessly-fas_2300728.jpg) > [It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/it-gives-me-some-kind-of-chance-to-survive-the-night-how-are-those/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/lee-child-980_chance_it-gives-me-some-kind-of-chance-to-survi_699480.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Lee Child > [“Reacher got to them on the plane. He put them out of action and stole their wallets.” “On the plane?” “He broke Lozano’s fingers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/reacher-got-to-them-on-the-plane-he-put-them-out-of-action-and-stole/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“A maintenance dose. It would keep her asleep all night. It would keep her warm, and gentle, and relaxed, and at peace, and cradled,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/a-maintenance-dose-it-would-keep-her-asleep-all-night-it-would-keep/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“It had maroon paint and exposed brick and scarred wood, and a chalkboard menu about ninety percent full of things that don’t really belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/it-had-maroon-paint-and-exposed-brick-and-scarred-wood-and-a/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/spread-love-and-understanding-reacher-said-use-force-if-necessary/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“or especially fragile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/or-especially-fragile/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/now-they-broke-my-toothbrush-i-don-t-own-anything/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“The Zip Code is about the size of Chicago. With five people. But hey, welcome to Wyoming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/the-zip-code-is-about-the-size-of-chicago-with-five-people-but-hey/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“You got to imagine your memory is like an old bucket, you know? Once it’s filled up with old stuff there ain’t no way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/you-got-to-imagine-your-memory-is-like-an-old-bucket-you-know-once-it/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“foreign legal systems. So I made”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/foreign-legal-systems-so-i-made/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/that-should-be-your-town-motto-it-s-all-i-ever-hear-like-new/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/writing-is-showbusiness-for-shy-people-that-s-how-i-see-it/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“OK, Finlay, let’s get it done,” I said. “I don’t have an address because I don’t live anywhere. Maybe one day I’ll live somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/ok-finlay-let-s-get-it-done-i-said-i-don-t-have-an-address-because-i/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“He changed his final wad up at the train station. Which was a sad place now. There were homeless people and disturbed people hanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/he-changed-his-final-wad-up-at-the-train-station-which-was-a-sad/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“They had come for us in the night. Hey had come expecting a lot of blood. They had come with all their gear. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/they-had-come-for-us-in-the-night-hey-had-come-expecting-a-lot-of/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [“He hauled the right-hand guy next to the left-hand guy, close together, shoulder to shoulder, and he picked up the heavy box like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/he-hauled-the-right-hand-guy-next-to-the-left-hand-guy-close-together/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/lee-child/#itemlist", "name": "11 Said Quotes By Lee Child", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Reacher said Nothing”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Child" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/reacher-said-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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