Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!

People, Reacher was certain about. Dogs were different. People had freedom of choice. If a man or a woman ran snarling toward him, they did so because they chose to. They were asking for whatever they got. His response was their problem. But dogs were different. No free will. Easily misled. It raised an ethical problem. Shooting a dog because it had been induced to do something unwise was not the sort of thing Reacher wanted to do.

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.

I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.

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

I was in the machine. My whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat me out. So I thought, OK, if I'm out, I'm out. All the way out. I was a little angry and it was probably an immature reaction. But I got used to it.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.