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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• Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other people may have. And you still won't get the results you think you deserve. Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense.

  David Baldacci

  Crazy, Thinking, People

  David Baldacci (2011). “One Summer”, p.169, 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

  David Baldacci

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

  David Baldacci

  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

  David Baldacci

  Believe, Should Have, People

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

  David Baldacci

  Real, Bad Times, Persons

  David Baldacci (2009). “The Simple Truth”, p.70, 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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• Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.

  David Baldacci

  Lost

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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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• 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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• 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.

  David Baldacci

  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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• 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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• 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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