"He's never killed a man that didn't need killing." Ch. 1, p. 23
Inscription on the headstone of Gentleman Gunfighter, Robert Clay Allison.

"Certain it is that many of his stern deeds were for the right as he understood that right to be." Ch.1, p. 23
Obituary printed in a Kansas City newspaper that Carmen asks Reacher if he would be happy with.

"I want him dead, Reacher.... I really do. It's my only way out, literally. And he deserves it." Ch. 3, p. 69
Carmen to Reacher regarding her solution to her husband Sloop.

"One or the other of us is going to be eating humble pie." Ch. 4, p. 97
Rusty Greer to Reacher when he poses the hypothesis that perhaps a white person was responsible for Al Eugene's disappearance.

"Never point a loaded gun at anything you don't definitely want to kill." Ch. 6, p. 141
Reacher to Carmen - advice for sensible gun...