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121 " discussion. Just know that one answer over the other does not equal a solution. It’s only a decision. And decisions have ramifications "
― David Baldacci , The Target (Will Robie, #3)
122 " You really think so?” said Robie. “These are guys. All guys think girls talk to each other. They’ll come back for the kid for sure.” “You’re just tryin’ to scare me,” said Emma smugly. Reel shrugged. “We don’t need to. They killed one sister. They’ve probably got Sara now. They’ll kill her too, like they tried to do last night.” “What?” said Emma, looking startled. “Robie, I’m telling you, let’s just ride "
― David Baldacci , The Guilty (Will Robie, #4)
123 " lay there, listening for the squeaks of the final "
― David Baldacci , One Summer
124 " More guns! No guns! Second Amendment! Guns kill! No, people kill! "
― David Baldacci , Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
125 " It is asking a lot. But when you're attempting to do something truly extraordinary, isn't it fair to ask a lot in return? "
― David Baldacci , The Keeper (Vega Jane, #2)
126 " Find something to believe in, Carter, other than your work. Because when you leave this life, you leave work behind. If that’s all you have, then you have nothing. And eternity is a long time for nothing. "
― David Baldacci , Stone Cold (The Camel Club, #3)
127 " He knew exactly what it was like to lose a child. And that fact wouldn’t matter in the least in this circumstance. There could be no commiseration among such people despite the seeming commonality of loss, because it was actually each parent’s totally unique hell. "
128 " there?” “Doubtful. While "
― David Baldacci , The Innocent (Will Robie, #1)
129 " the business of politics, which essentially meant screwing others before they got around to screwing you. "
― David Baldacci , Absolute Power
130 " Everybody’s got somewhere to go. Just takes some folks longer to figure out where to. "
― David Baldacci , First Family (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #4)
131 " What happened to you as a child, particularly something bad, changed you, absolutely and completely. It was like part of your brain became closed off and refused to mature any further. As an adult you were powerless to fight against it. It was simply who you were until the day you died. There was no “therapy” that could cure it. That wall was built and nothing could tear it down. "
― David Baldacci , The Hit (Will Robie, #2)
132 " The place smelled of sweat and burned coffee and the passage of time, which held its own moldy stink. "
133 " Kids make everything better. And harder. "
134 " Robie took a deep, cleansing breath. He had never played well with others. For the last dozen years he had worked in almost total isolation. He preferred it that way. He was better alone than with a team. That’s just how he was built. "
135 " 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 "
― David Baldacci , The Fix (Amos Decker, #3)
136 " Why the hell don’t kids call their parents anymore? Why don’t they answer their phones? Why all this crazy texting shit? "
― David Baldacci , King and Maxwell (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #6)
137 " tightly and a vein throbbed at his temple. The two guards led Rogers down a long hallway. On each side were barred cell doors. The men behind them had been talking, but when Rogers came into view they abruptly stopped. The prisoners "
― David Baldacci , No Man's Land (John Puller, #4)
138 " And he and millions of others had just fought a world war to ensure that neither anarchy nor fascism nor anything else would replace the reasonable screwing over of people without money by those who possessed damn near all of it. "
― David Baldacci , One Good Deed (Archer, #1)
139 " Maybe I shot the sheriff and the deputy. "
― David Baldacci , End Game (Will Robie, #5)
140 " By not using it. By not believing in it anymore. Belief, having faith in something, is a very powerful thing, "