Matthew Rief > Quotes

“We’re you able to defend”
― Matthew Rief, Guardian in the Keys

“grouper,”
― Matthew Rief, Pursuit in the Keys

“Less than an hour later, at just past one in the morning,”
― Matthew Rief, Voyage in the Keys

“best. I thought about the people we’d saved, and their emotional landing on the beach on Garden Key. The American beach. How they’d been overwhelmed with excitement. I thought about how we should wake every day with that joy. That level of gratitude. The fights and struggles and wars and blood our ancestors had shed so that we could have the life and the world we have today. The comforts. The freedoms. The opportunities. All of the incredibly good things we have to enjoy and that have been earned by our ancestors’ countless sacrifices.”
― Matthew Rief, Defiance in the Keys

“Alabama Jack’s looks more like a roadside shack than a building and is a perfect example of why you shouldn’t judge a place by its appearance.”
― Matthew Rief, Avenged in the Keys

“Meet at Lucky Divers. 1300.”
― Matthew Rief, Voyage in the Keys

“It was one of the greatest afternoons of my life.”
― Matthew Rief, Pursuit in the Keys

“One where you can fly.”
― Matthew Rief, Pursuit in the Keys

“Never argue with an idiot,” Scarlett said, facing her friends but speaking loud enough for half of the class to hear. “They’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Matthew Rief, Menace in the Keys

“There’s something about the ocean and crashing waves that causes my mind to drift off with the current.”
― Matthew Rief, Gold in the Keys

“People you find at laid-back marinas that aren’t hoity-toity yacht clubs are some of the realest and nicest people you’ll meet.”
― Matthew Rief, Pursuit in the Keys

“don’t care who you are or how good your life is, you get stuck in your head, you’re going to make yourself miserable.”
― Matthew Rief, Treasure in the Keys

“The main dishes included grilled grouper and snapper fillets, blackened jumbo scallops, and crab-stuffed ravioli, downing it all with Key limeade and my favorite mojitos on the island.”
― Matthew Rief, Payback in the Keys

“liked movies like that. It was a sad story in the end, Scarlett and Ange would find that out soon, but it was also incredibly empowering. The kind of story that inspires and motivates and touches people long after all the characters move on. The kind of story that makes you feel like you’re better off after watching it than you were before.”
― Matthew Rief, Killer in the Keys

“As I’ve learned time and time again, it’s less about the adventure you embark upon and more about the people you embark upon it with. I”
― Matthew Rief, Havoc in the Keys: A Logan Dodge Adventure

“One thing I’ve found is that life isn’t about never failing, never being tossed to the ground, never being broken. It’s about taking all those beatings and pressing on. Getting back up. Rising above.”
― Matthew Rief, Hostage in the Keys

“Great. So am I. And our constitution is pretty clear about some things. Written in ink and everything so that all of us can understand who we are and what we stand for. That it doesn’t matter where you’re born. Doesn’t matter how rich your parents were, or how much melatonin is in your skin, or what gender you are or how old you are or what color your eyes are. That stuff is frivolous. We’re all equal. The same under God’s eyes. We’re all American.”
― Matthew Rief, Defiance in the Keys

“One thing I’ve found is that life isn’t about never failing, never being tossed to the ground, never being broken. It’s about taking all those beatings and pressing on. Getting back up.”
― Matthew Rief, Hostage in the Keys

“Confidence waits for others to recognize the victory, while arrogance announces the win to anyone who will listen.”
― Matthew Rief, Broken in the Keys

“the less I question my wife, the more harmonious life generally is.”
― Matthew Rief, Payback in the Keys

“smirked,”
― Matthew Rief, Pursuit in the Keys

“But I made do. Special forces soldiers are often portrayed with superhero-like qualities. But I think the greatest superpower developed in special forces training is the ability to tolerate discomfort. Not just tolerate it but embrace it. I’d spent many a time in far worse places than the bowels of a fancy yacht.”
― Matthew Rief, Hostage in the Keys

“After dinner, I popped open a bottle of champagne and we drank from cracked flutes while watching the last of mother nature’s brilliant display. Halfway through the bottle, we made love to the sounds of our popping campfire, the distant rumbling waves, and a breeze rustling overhead palm fronds.”
― Matthew Rief, Pursuit in the Keys

“a knife wound to the abdomen,”
― Matthew Rief, Menace in the Keys