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“And no soldier does more than he has to. No soldier ever has, since Alexander the Great first put his army together. Initiative in the ranks usually ends in tears. Especially where live ammunition is involved. And civilians.” (The Affair Quotes)
Lee Child
The Affair
“Both of them had noses like spoiled eggplants. Both of them had two black eyes. Both of them had crusted blood on their lips. Neither one of them”
Lee Child
The Affair
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“He said all that needs to happen for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“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
The Affair
“No one expects a head butt. Humans don’t hit things with their heads. Some inbuilt atavistic instinct says so. A head butt changes the game. It adds a kind of unhinged savagery to the mix. An unprovoked head butt is like bringing a sawed-off shotgun to a knife fight.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“Old enough to show some mileage, young enough to still find some amusement in the world.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“She had all the right parts in all the right proportions.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.” (The Affair Quotes)
Lee Child
The Affair
“The best fights are the ones you don’t have”, a wise man once said to me.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“The Marines might grab you first. Fate worse than death.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“They all shared Stan’s personal allegiance to the famous old saying: War is not about dying for your country. It’s about making the other guy die for his.”
Lee Child
The Affair
“You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest subsidies? Small government would kill them dead.”
Lee Child
The Affair
