Quotes from David Baldacci

Was revenge always wrong? Was righting an injustice outside the law never condonable?

It quickly aged all the occupants.

And after the hit on the gridiron his filter had been vastly reduced, so it was even harder for him not to always tell the literal truth. He instinctively craved precision and was reluctant to accept anything less than that.

Because in my experience, patriotism, while a fine quality, can fuel quite a dangerous agenda if taken to the extreme.

There should never be enough 'going on' that we forget about the needs of others. That, essentially, is the essence of goodness.

To Aunt Peggy, an angel on earth if ever there was one

could lie as well

He couldn't leave the area and couldn't knowingly go within a hundred feet of someone with a criminal record. He couldn't do drugs and he couldn't own or carry a weapon. The

Vega, death is only fear. Without fear, there is no death. Without death, there are no bars. Without bars, there is only freedom.

He couldn't leave the area and couldn't knowingly go within a hundred feet of someone with a criminal record. He couldn't do drugs and he couldn't own or carry a weapon. The hydraulic rams came to life and

more. Lee had done this so many times that he could have closed his eyes and his fingers would carry on, manipulating his tools of felony with enviable precision. Lee had already

WILL ROBIE CROUCHED shadowlike at a window in a deserted building, inside a country that was currently an ally of the United States. Tomorrow that could change.

Fort Bragg, Texas.

that were very familiar. He saw his father.

Free speech is not really free if it costs you all that you have.

dream. Her old man was proud of her, Gibson knew, though he rarely showed it. Public displays of affection were not in the DNA of the Rogers family. Gibson could count on one hand the number of times her mother had hugged or kissed her. And she could count

Most of what they do is legal because they paid off the lawmakers to make it legal. But some of it's not. But they got money and jobs and lawyers and lobbyists and politicians in their pockets, and so nobody touches them. Same with the good folks at the Rebel Yell.

Come on, soldier, you put your life on the line for your country. A damn zipper shouldn't be too hard.

looked over at John. He had pulled a dozen books off the shelf and looked to be trying to read them all at once.

That was the problem with an eight-figure gorilla of a client. It took all of your time and attention. Old clients dried up and died away. New clients were not cultivated. His complacency had come back to bite him right in the ass. He

A number of the wrought-iron fences that encircled the courtyards and gardens of the homes were painted the color of gold on their European-inspired spikes and finials.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." — J. R. R. Tolkien

I guess it comes down to greed. You don't pay folks, you make more money. That and thinking one race wasn't as good as another.

Puller felt his hand begin to shake as he read through the thoughts of his mother from three decades before. Problems in the marriage. Problems with him. Problems with her. But . . . she was willing to work things out.