It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." "No," Reacher said. "If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

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

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

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

Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable weaponry, and beyond outstanding at hand-to-hand combat. Susan knew what that last rating meant. Like having a running chainsaw thrown at you

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.