Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill) — David Baldacci Confidence Copy Share Image
Two people can care for each other but not want the same things. — David Baldacci Care Copy Share Image
Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility. — David Baldacci Credibility Copy Share Image
“Normal people don’t grow up to do the sorts of jobs we do, Jessica,” — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“what I do have, and so are my clients.” He took the piece he was carrying and set it up on an… — David Baldacci Artist Copy Share Image
“Indeed, growing up he’d always been considered a freak because of the way his mind worked.” — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“Life is not fair any way you cut it, Michelle. You know that and I know that. We’ve lived that stuff too… — David Baldacci Fair 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 Beach Copy Share Image
“The avenues he had taken as a young man had pretty much dictated what the remaining years of his life would be… — David Baldacci Life Copy Share Image
“The girl had never ridden in a car before. She had probably never even seen a car, just the old trucks used… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“john was smart, but he was also a young male with a usually empty belly. sometimes it was simple as that” — David Baldacci Human nature Copy Share Image
“The white men had basically crapped all over the only race that could call itself indigenous in America.” — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“The world is complicated, so people seek complicated solutions. And there's nothing wrong with that because simple answers don't usually work. But… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“One underlying philosophy in Ecclesiastes is that the individual can find truth by using his powers of observation and reason instead of… — David Baldacci Ecclesiastes Copy Share Image
“Technically, I’m right up there, I think. But the really great artists have something—I don’t think anyone can really quantify it—that I… — David Baldacci Art 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… — David Baldacci Civilization 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… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“Robie took a deep, cleansing breath. He had never played well with others. For the last dozen years he had worked in… — David Baldacci Isolation Copy Share Image
In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray… — David Baldacci Bad guy Copy Share Image
“It was officially known as Kwan-li-so Number 18. That meant Penal Labor Colony in Korean. It was a concentration camp. It was… — David Baldacci Concentration camp Copy Share Image
“I’ve fought for and against pretty much every cause there is. There will always be war of some kind. At first it… — David Baldacci Allah Copy Share Image
“I will never forget that the passing down of memories is the strongest link in the gossamer bridge that binds up as… — David Baldacci Memories Copy Share Image
“That’s why he’d hired Pender, who made the world believe what Creel wanted it to believe. It was often a war of… — David Baldacci Easy way Copy Share Image
“legends didn’t die. They just… were there. Always. His voice dry and scratchy, he said, “Heard what, sir? I just got back… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“toward the small pond that he had seen before. The walls of fire ended there. An instant later the remains of the… — David Baldacci Fire Copy Share Image
“For DeHaven it was well worth the extra money to a federal budget that had always allocated more to war than it… — David Baldacci Books Copy Share Image
You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the… — David Baldacci Devil Copy Share Image
“Michelle stood and fixed her gaze on him. “We’ve been lied to, almost shot, nearly blown to hell, and pushed around by… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? — David Baldacci Being nice Copy Share Image
“It takes courage to speak your heart, when others do not want you to.” — David Baldacci Courage Copy Share Image
“What’s a quick fling in the sack compared to decades of indifference?” — David Baldacci Indifference Copy Share Image
“The packs of cigarettes available here carried the typical skulls and crossbones on them, but apparently no one in North Korea cared.” — David Baldacci Cigarettes Copy Share Image
Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up! — David Baldacci Copy Share Image