Both were military. That was clear.Reacher could tell by their haircuts. No civilian barber would be as pragmatic or as brutal.

if you can’t acquaint an opponent with reason, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk.

There will Be a Moment when Your eyes meet, and everything in the world will be simple again.

Most of the dreams that have suffered to death were murdered by their own owners.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

I wasn't really able to love someone but I couldn't help but want to be loved.

The shelf life of molecules is very short. Ninety-eight percent of all the atoms in my body are gone by next year.

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.