So he died, because for a split second he got brave. But not then. He died much later, after the split second of bravery had faded into long hours of wretched gasping fear, and after the long hours of fear had exploded into long minutes of insane screaming panic.

I thought: should I be worried? I was under arrest. In a town where I'd never been before. Apparently for murder. But I knew two things. First, they couldn't p…

Jack Reacher stayed alive, because he got cautious. He got cautious because he heard an echo from his past. He had a lot of past, and the echo was from the wor…

The protection he relied on for nearly thirty years was based on just two things. The same two things anybody uses to protect against any danger. The same way …

I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

If a general and his men fear death and are apprehensive over possible defeat, then they will unavoidably suffer defeat and death. But if they make up their mi…

Please - please don't kill me - I don't want to die. I just want to have my baby.