David Baldacci Quotes

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Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

David Baldacci

Peace, Nice, Book

David Baldacci (2009). “The Camel Club”, p.304, Pan Macmillan

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It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.

David Baldacci

Destination

David Baldacci (2011). “The Christmas Train”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

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Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.

David Baldacci

Facts, Assumption, Dangerous

David Baldacci (2011). “The Winner”, p.240, Pan Macmillan

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Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.

David Baldacci

Book, Kids, Rocks

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The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.

David Baldacci

Encouragement, Medicine, Miracle

David Baldacci (2012). “The Forgotten”, p.330, Pan Macmillan

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Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.

David Baldacci

Another Chance, Might, Today

David Baldacci (2009). “Absolute Power”, p.352, Pan Macmillan

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Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!

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Passion, Giving, Treasure

Interview with Gabrielle Reilly, www.theglobaltownhall.com.

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But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

David Baldacci

Writing, Expectations, Able

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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 be lazy and believe in God; He doesn't make it that easy. It takes spirit and faith and passion to really believe. Like most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it. Only with faith, you get back a lot more.

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Believe, Passion, Thinking

David Baldacci (2011). “The Christmas Train”, p.228, Pan Macmillan

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

David Baldacci

Giving, Heal, Crap

David Baldacci (2009). “Split Second”, p.101, Pan Macmillan

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Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

David Baldacci

Believe, People, Justice

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Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.

David Baldacci

Path, Sometimes, Intimacy

David Baldacci (2009). “The Simple Truth”, p.420, Pan Macmillan

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The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)

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Real, Bad Times, Persons

David Baldacci (2009). “The Simple Truth”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

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Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.

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Lost

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Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

David Baldacci

Two, People, Care

David Baldacci (2011). “The Christmas Train”, p.107, Pan Macmillan

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Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?

David Baldacci

Trying, Waste, Wasting Time

David Baldacci (2011). “The Whole Truth”, p.62, Pan Macmillan

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All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.

David Baldacci

Running, Appreciation, Writing

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As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

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Believe, Should Have, People

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It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going. For them it's the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello.

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Country, Journey, America

David Baldacci (2011). “The Christmas Train”, p.122, Pan Macmillan

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It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It's a living, breathing something -- you just have to want to learn its rhythm.

David Baldacci

Breathing, Alive, Want

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When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

David Baldacci

Sacrifice, Men, Giving

David Baldacci (2010). “True Blue”, p.239, Pan Macmillan

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As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.

David Baldacci

Father, Virginia, Long

David Baldacci (2011). “Wish You Well”, p.399, Pan Macmillan

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Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

David Baldacci

Mistake, Gone, Reputation

David Baldacci (2009). “The Simple Truth”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

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You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.

David Baldacci

Rude, Maxwell, Havens

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Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.

David Baldacci

Attention, Warning, Waste

David Baldacci (2011). “Wish You Well”, p.58, Pan Macmillan

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