Gone Forever Quotes

“Always do the right thing, my mom had said to me. She was right.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“My mind worked like a computer. It always had. I could visualize anything that I’d seen before or imagine anything with great detail just by closing my eyes and concentrating.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“Playing the part was something I was good at. Being undercover was something that I was good at. Being an investigator was something that I was good at. Only, I used to do it for a paycheck. Now I’d do it because it was personal.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“Unit Ten was a special unit designed to investigate the special forces of the Navy and the Marine Corps. We were a small unit of about a dozen agents. Most of them worked support, while a handful of special operatives worked undercover. I was one of the latter.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“I didn’t cry, not my nature, but I was about as close as I’d ever been. I had run away from my past and from my mother over an argument, and I had never looked back—one stupid argument. At first, months went by, and then a year and then two, and before I knew it, sixteen years had gone by. I guess out of sight was out of mind, and I had been blinded. I should’ve called. I should’ve done so much more, but it was too late now.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“Besides my looks, I was also concerned about my smell. I realized that I hadn’t showered in days. I had cleaned my clothes two nights ago. They didn’t smell clean anymore, but at least they weren’t filthy. But I had spent several hours yesterday sleeping in a jail cell, and jail cells aren’t known for cleanliness. My fears of stinking up this guy’s van disappeared when I realized that this couple was either a pair of hippies or rockabillies. They smelled of marijuana. That smell killed every other odor inside the van.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“I heard nothing but the hum of an air conditioner somewhere outside my wall, probably a large outside unit.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“As I crossed in front of room thirteen, I saw that the door was ajar, just a hair, maybe an inch. I saw an eyeball peering out at me from the darkness of the room. The shades were drawn, and the lights were off. The sun-filled the terrain with its final light, but room thirteen remained dark. Whoever occupied that room didn’t want anyone to know that he or she was there.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“Oskar Tega had left”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“I don’t drink coffee.”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“last Reacher on earth,”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever

“an ape. I had been surprised at the generosity of the people”
― Scott Blade, Gone Forever