“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… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it? — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
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… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“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:… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
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… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“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… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy! — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“There was a time when Stone would have rated a platoon of crackerjack killers coming for him by land, sea and air. Those days… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit. And” — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“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… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
