Worth Dying For - Lee Child

Best are shooting weapons, second best are stabbing weapons, third best are slashing weapons. Blunt instruments are way down the list. They slow hand speed. Their uncontrolled momentum is disadvantageous after a miss.

Coffee, good for what ails you.

But rewards bring risks. There's no such thing as something for nothing. No free lunch.

People have been scared so long they can't even remember what it's like not to be scared any more.

People who wasted time and energy cursing recent errors were certain losers.

An old, old process, exploited by fortune tellers everywhere. Steer a guy through an endless series of yes-no, right-wrong questions, and in no time at all a convincing illusion of intimacy built itself up. A simple psychological trick, sharpened by listening carefully to answers, feeling the way, and playing the odds.

Perception was reality, at least half the time.

Some things are worth dying for.

If in doubt turn left.

Strength and brains. A dangerous mixture.

Chains don't have kinks. Horses have kinks. Chains have weak links.

Life or death. Always the ultimate choice.

We all are looking for someone. That's the very essence of human nature, isn't it? It's an eternal quest.

Reality was whatever people said it was. If no one ever mentioned an event, then it had never happened. If no one ever mentioned a person, then that person had never existed.

You don't start fights but you sure as hell finish, and you don't lose either. The best way to lose was to assume it was over when it wasn't yet.

Feelings are different than facts.