Quotes from David Baldacci

to take it easy," he said defensively.

crushed by the

When I saw what was in there I felt like I had happened upon a treasure trove. Books! I pulled a goodly number of them out

We have not one but two killers. And as implausible as it sounds, I don't think either one knew about the other.

Even your kids wised up and realized you're an idiot. An evil one, but still an idiot. - Amy, to Isabel

I know. I admit that. You're working with NSC now. And the FBI." "So?" "So how would you like to be part of a joint effort with NIC?" "I already have enough alphabet letters, thanks." "You

These were the moments in my life where clear choices could be made. Do it or don't do it. Often, the decision was difficult.

She would soon have somewhere to go. It was always important to keep going. Stationary objects tended to get run over.

I don't believe in ghosts or magic." "I don't either, Mary. But I do know one thing." "What's that?" "That this guy is not going to get away.

He seemed a man who had looked at life and life had looked back at him, and neither had been satisfied by what they had seen.

Never a good thing, opined Atticus nervously. Doors closing by themselves.

inherited along with her dark good looks.

Dan Robie was someone who could change his opinion of you. Robie well knew that. And when the opinion was altered, the man was unlikely ever to revisit it.

Facts are irrefutable. Truths coming from those facts can be difficult to accept, particularly when they are of a personal nature. But truths, Agent Puller, cannot be ignored. Any more than lies can. And people do lie to themselves. All the time. We

captain of the boxing team. If you

Only one billion, nine hundred and sixty-three million, four hundred and seventy-nine Thousand, eight hundred and sixteen possibilities. I should be able to get through them in the next seven Thousand, eight hundred and fourteen years. Just sit tight and call up lots of room service. - Dan

Just... norma… everyday… lives. With these last words her tone grew rote and her expression became bored. Yeah, what a relief, said Dan, but he looked every bit as bored as his sister. … We're Cahills. We save the world. It's what we do.

The police, he knew, had already copied the

uncontroverted.

Regrets? What exactly does that mean? We all have regrets. Indeed we do. But some are far greater than others. And if they are powerful enough, they can consume you completely.

With a perfect memory did not come a perfect mind, or resolute decisions. Sometimes with perfection on one end of the equation, one was left with stark imprecision on the other. Perhaps it was nature's way of balancing things.

Everyone has a different lot in life. This is yours. What they have is theirs.

the parking lot out there, the right and left are reversed.

Meaning evil only wins—" "—when good men and women do nothing.