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> [“He looked around at the others…They were all staring at their computers, or reading books or newspapers. Not one of them has noticed the weather. Maybe that's how the world was now…Everyone was so wrapped up in his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/he-looked-around-at-the-others-they-were-all-staring-at-their/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

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## Other authors on 39-clues

## More by David Baldacci

> [Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/why-waste-time-trying-to-discover-the-truth-when-you-can-so-easily/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/it-s-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-to-put-yourself-in-someone-else-s/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“That’s what’s called a ‘valley fill.’ What they fill it with the coal companies call ‘overburden.’ That’s basically everything they tore off the land:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/that-s-what-s-called-a-valley-fill-what-they-fill-it-with-the-coal/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/but-if-i-worried-too-much-about-publishers-expectations-i-d-probably/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/that-s-what-civilization-sometimes-did-to-threats-real-or-perceived/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“You could have been a great scientist or something. Or a writer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/you-could-have-been-a-great-scientist-or-something-or-a-writer/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“That’s good to hear, Billy. Kids have enough shit to deal with without somebody who is supposed to love them beating the crap out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/that-s-good-to-hear-billy-kids-have-enough-shit-to-deal-with-without/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/most-people-associate-reading-with-laying-on-the-beach-they-don-t-see/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [I'm ever curious about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/i-m-ever-curious-about-the-world/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“There was a time when Stone would have rated a platoon of crackerjack killers coming for him by land, sea and air. Those days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/there-was-a-time-when-stone-would-have-rated-a-platoon-of-crackerjack/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/i-m-driven-to-go-out-and-find-new-things-to-write-about/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/it-s-hard-cotton-to-let-yourself-love-something-you-know-you-may/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [I'm a wicked ping-pong player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/i-m-a-wicked-ping-pong-player/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/he-could-compartmentalize-at-an-astonishing-level-it-came-from-not/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“two unconscious, bleeding men and then over at the girl behind the bar. She was staring at him openmouthed, the glass-rag and beer mug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/two-unconscious-bleeding-men-and-then-over-at-the-girl-behind-the-bar/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

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