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

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

I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.

Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.