Cleaning the Gold Quotes

“The most unbelievable scene in any action movie was the part where Tom Cruise jammed the thumb drive into the slot and it slid in on the first try.”
― Lee Child, Cleaning the Gold

“The Devil's favorite part of hell.”
― Lee Child, Cleaning the Gold

“The general public always thought of cold cases as impossible to solve. They weren’t completely wrong, but oftentimes, Will found that the passage of time gave witnesses more perspective. Mostly, it came down to the simple fact that they weren’t scared anymore. The bullies and thugs who’d intimidated them had either died young or ended up in prison. Marriages dissolved. Love ran out. Reputations were damaged or rebuilt. In short, a long stretch of time could lend more focus to past events.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cleaning the Gold

“Don’t think for a second Lukather’s sweet on you,” Baldani warned. “She’d sit on a door knob if it pinched her nipple.” Will decided to really fuck with the guy. “Who wouldn’t?”
― Karin Slaughter, Cleaning the Gold

“Okay,” Reacher whispered. “We saw the transaction. So now we need to do this fair but efficient. Agreed?” “Sure,” Will whispered back. “Fair in the sense that we limit ourselves to strictly proportionate responses only, strictly in self-defense. Agreed?” “Sure,” Will whispered again. “Efficient in the sense we do it first. Before they’re ready.” “That’s not self-defense.” “Big picture.” “Jesus,” Will said.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cleaning the Gold

“Here was the problem with Jack Reacher: he was a bad guy who sometimes did good things. Given his itinerant lifestyle, Will thought of him as an American James Bond—not the Bond from the movies but the Bond from the books who was one level up from a street fighter. There was no M to temper his feralness. Reacher did not have a legal license to kill. Or maim. Or shoot people in their knees, which was a really mean thing to do, even to a stone-cold gangster.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cleaning the Gold