David Baldacci Short Quotes

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A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?

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You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho

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Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

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Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

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It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

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Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?

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Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

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Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.

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You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.

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John Fiske: The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times.

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Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.

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If I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

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The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.

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Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.

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Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

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That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.

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Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.

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See, that why I ain't go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want'a talk to God, well I say, 'howdy-howdy, God,' and we jaw fer a bit.' - Jimmy 'Diamond' Skinner

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Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.

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