Lee Child: Frasi in inglese

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

Lee Child

“I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.”

Lee Child libro La verità non basta

“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.”

Lee Child libro Un passo di troppo

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

Lee Child

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

Lee Child libro Una ragione per morire

“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.”

Lee Child libro L'ora decisiva

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

Lee Child libro Niente da perdere

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

Lee Child libro I dodici segni

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

Lee Child libro L'ora decisiva

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

Lee Child libro Zona pericolosa

“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.”

Lee Child libro Niente da perdere

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

Lee Child libro Vendetta a freddo

“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.”

Lee Child libro La vittima designata

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

Lee Child

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

Lee Child libro La verità non basta

“I know I'm smarter than an armadillo”

Lee Child libro Colpo secco

“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.”

Lee Child libro L'ora decisiva

“You do not mess with the special investigators.”

Lee Child libro Vendetta a freddo

“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.”

Lee Child libro Vendetta a freddo