High Heat Quotes

“below the glass would be the weak spot. Plywood, probably, maybe three-eighths thick, painted, retained in the frame by quarter-round moldings. Reacher was wearing shoes he had bought in the London airport two deployments ago, stout British things with welts and toecaps as hard as steel.”
― Lee Child, High Heat

“For real? That’s kind of creepy.” Reacher said, “I know. And I’m real”
― Lee Child, High Heat

“He hauled the right-hand guy next to the left-hand guy, close together, shoulder to shoulder, and he picked up the heavy box like a strongman in the circus, struggling and tottering, and he took two short steps and dropped it on their heads from waist height.
Chrissie said, "Why did you do that?"
"Rules," Reacher said. "Winning ain't enough. The other guy has to know he lost.”
― Lee Child, High Heat

“Surprise was always good. Delay was always fatal. Guys who let a situation unfold in its own good time were just stockpiling problems for themselves.”
― Lee Child, High Heat

“china plate by a pool of its own wax. A standard household item, a few cents at the hardware store, but it felt as bright as the sun. Croselli said, “You.” Reacher said nothing. Croselli had shed his jacket and pulled down his tie, but his shirt was still wet. He said, “I was expecting Hemingway. What are you tonight, her knight in shining armor? Is she sending a boy to do a man’s job?” Is he armed? Reacher had asked. Not in the city, Hemingway had said. He can’t afford to be. Not”
― Lee Child, High Heat

“or especially fragile.”
― Lee Child, High Heat

“chest, pressing damp cotton against her skin, the ball of his thumb down in her cleavage. Not a tender gesture.”
― Lee Child, High Heat