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Imagine The Uproar If The Federal Government Tried To Make Everyone Wear A Radio Transmitter Around Their Neck So We Can Keep Track Of Their Movements. But People Happily Carry Their Cell Phones In Their Purses And Pockets.

I'm Not Afraid Of Death. Death's Afraid Of Me.

Many Years From Now When Your Children Ask What New York City Was Like Just After 9/11, This Will Be The Book You Give Them In Response. It's An Exquisite Novel Full Of Heart, Soul, Passion And Intelligence, And It's The One This Great New York Author Was Born To Write.

I Had A Teacher Once, Grade School Somewhere. Philippines, I Think, Because She Always Wore A Big White Hat. So It Was Somewhere Hot. I Was Always Twice The Size Of The Other Kids, And She Used To Say To Me: Count To Ten Before You Get Mad, Reacher. And I've Counted Way Past Ten On This One. Way Past.

I Know I'm Smarter Than An Armadillo