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“Luck favors the well prepared.”
― Andrew Peterson, Ready to Kill

“Anger and bitterness are normal feelings, but they’re like cancer if you can’t control them.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“Everyone has tragedy in their life at one time or another, it’s how they deal with it that defines them.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“True happiness comes from helping others who are less fortunate than you. It comes from doing the right thing. Nothing else works.”
― Andrew Peterson, Ready to Kill

“when you forgive someone, it doesn’t diminish or erase what was done to you. You don’t have to understand why they did it, and you certainly don’t have to be on friendly terms with someone who’s hurt you. When you forgive someone, you’re doing it to release their debt to you.” “Debt?” “Yes, you’re moving on with your life and you don’t require anything from the person who hurt you.”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“Did evil beget evil? How many people never realized it until too late, until facing the ugly moment of truth when they saw themselves for who and what they really were, monsters disguised as human beings.”
― Andrew Peterson, Forced to Kill

“All the things you think are important— money, power, material possessions— none of them will make you happy. There’s no correlation between wealth and happiness. Absolutely none. It’s one of society’s biggest lies.”
― Andrew Peterson, Ready to Kill

“My personal heroes are not athletes, musicians, or actors. My heroes are our military service members, law enforcement officers, and federal special agents who put their lives on the line to keep America safe from its enemies. I sleep well because they often don’t. My freedom isn’t free; it comes at an extremely high price. I’m a firm believer in the Wounded Warriors Project trademarked statement: “The greatest casualty is being forgotten.” The”
― Andrew Peterson, Right to Kill

“The Wounded Warriors ball cap he wore helped mitigate the grooves on his face. He didn’t think of himself as a wounded warrior per se, but he believed in its trademarked statement: The greatest casualty is being forgotten.”
― Andrew Peterson, Right to Kill

“Right now, the index is fairly low, meaning that the vast majority of Americans don’t feel threatened or fear a terrorist attack is pending. The longer we go without a major terrorist incident, the more secure our citizens feel. We have an expectation of feeling safe in public places,”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“As the child matures, his mother starts to notice he isn’t like other boys. He doesn’t smile or laugh or cry or show any type of emotion at all. He’s picked on by other children.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“swept”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“mean, at some point the crimes you commit to cover things up exceed the original crime.” Harv sighed. “Yeah, they do. It’s the same principle as lying. It snowballs.”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“back to Harv.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“When you spend more than you make, the outcome is never good.”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“front yard. Sensing his”
― Andrew Peterson, Option to Kill

“Neither of them spoke while they walked. Life was so amazing and rich, and yet so equally full of disappointment and heartache. Such was the human condition—a continuous struggle to overcome obstacles. Nathan hoped it never got easier.”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“on”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“You’re at a tough age. You want to be treated like an adult, but you still want kid benefits.” “I don’t feel like a kid.” “You’re turning fourteen in a couple of months. Ever heard the expression: youth is wasted on the young?”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“There was no reserved parking down here; he didn’t believe in it. Haughtiness undermined morale. The CEO of the company shouldn’t be above taking a slightly longer walk to the elevator.”
― Andrew Peterson, Hired to Kill

“need to get some sleep, unless he was wired on drugs.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“Closing in on his eighty-sixth year on earth, he’d been a senator for thirty of them and he’d never seen anything like this. Handwritten presidential letters weren’t unheard of, but this one had “destroy after reading” written all over it.”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“Not a bad way to go. Hugging my granddaughter . . . Not a bad way at all.”
― Andrew Peterson, Hired to Kill

“You mean you hadn’t thought”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“You want to look back on your life someday and know that you made a difference, made the world a better place. Hold on to it,”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“Doing the right thing is rarely the easy thing.”
― Andrew Peterson, Contract to Kill

“Hell, I guess it’s a good day to die.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“They followed Highway 70 as it jogged through town before again heading north toward Oroville.”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill

“Raven has free will. As far as we know, no one’s forcing him to murder anyone. Like Cantrell said, you can’t blame the academy’s instructors if a cop goes bad. Life doesn’t work that way. I mean, how far do you take it? Do you blame the makers of Jack Daniels for drunk drivers? If a guy kills someone with a baseball bat, do you blame the tree it came from?”
― Andrew Peterson, Ready to Kill

“I manage.” “But at what cost?  Sooner or later you’ll reach burnout.” “I haven’t yet.” “It sneaks up on you. One day you’ll just break down into tears over something small. It’s your brain telling you you’re on overload.” “You”
― Andrew Peterson, First to Kill