463 Quotes by Lee Child

I’d never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.

Short of a shotgun, a pool cue is the best barroom weapon ever invented. Short enough to be handy, long enough to be useful, made out of fine hardwood and nicely weighted with lead.

The smart money brings a gun to a knife fight. Reacher brought a hydrogen bomb.

People live, and then they die. And as long as they do both things properly, there’s nothing much to regret”.

I wish he’d rushed out.” “Always a sound policy.” “I bet you never did.” “More times than I can count. Which is why I’m still here, having dinner with you. The chaotic universe. Darwinism in action.

Reacher’s personal rule of thumb was never to revive a guy who had just pulled a gun on him. He was fairly inflexible on the matter.

On his day of demobilization a lugubrious one-armed, one-eyed brigadier wished him well and then added, apropos of nothing, “Mark my words, Moutier, a great war leaves a country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves.

In order to win, you must be prepared to lose.

The Zip Code is about the size of Chicago. With five people. But hey, welcome to Wyoming.