213 Quotes by David Baldacci

The Pullers sat there for a long time together, big, strong, and courageous men transformed back into two little boys by an old man’s loving words that had come a lot later than they should have.

The prisoners had also turned to look at Mars. Those doing push-ups and pull-ups stopped. They wiped off their hands and moved back against the wall. And waited. Their expressions were clear. Thank God it’s not me. The news had spread fast. Mars might be getting out after nearly being put to death.

Time doesn’t really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap.

Smart, dedicated people lost their lives all the time as they trained to be the best they could be to serve their country. Celebrities broke a nail and they immediately took to Twitter, alerting their millions of followers to the “injury,” which in turn elicited thousands of replies from people with apparently not enough going on in their lives. And all the while brave men and women died in silence, forgotten by all except their families.

The place smelled of sweat and burned coffee and the passage of time, which held its own moldy stink.

Sheep follow blindly. We’re not supposed to be sheep.

Decker shook his head and stood. “It goes beyond mere eccentricity. She also has a run-down farmhouse and a crappy car that she drives to work and on her rounds as the proverbial Good Samaritan.” “What does that tell you?” “If you were a spy and had.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer ‘This can never end up in a book.’ And it never does.

People who believe themselves to be True patriots tend to be zealots. Zealots, in my opinion are one short step from being lunatics.