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“Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever. Not that the waiter was slow. Just that the move was slick. So slick, Reacher had no idea what he was watching. It was just an urban scene, repeated everywhere in the world a billion times a day: A guy unlocked a car and got in and drove away. That was all. But that was enough.”

“Hope for the best, plan for the worst.”

“I don't want to put the world to rights… I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.”

“Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!”

“Reacher said, "So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.”

“Never forgive, never forget. Do it once and do it right. You reap what you sow. Plans go to hell as soon as the first shot is fired. Protect and serve. Never off duty.”

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

“I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.”

“I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.”

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

“I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.”

“Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything.”

“I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.”

“hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot”

“The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.”

“I know I'm smarter than an armadillo”

“To fill a small bag means selecting, and choosing, and evaluating. There's no logicial end to that process. Pretty soon I would have a big bag, and then two or three. A month later I'd be like the rest of you.”

“You do not mess with the special investigators.”

“Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds of forms.”