Life had coincidences. Serendipity abounded. Wrong place, wrong time. It came as the result of seven billion people jostling each other within the span of a single planet. But there was an unwritten rule in police work: There are no coincidences. All you needed was more in-depth investigation to show that there are no coincidences.

— David Baldacci

David Baldacci Quotes

It takes courage to speak your heart, when others do not want you to.

— David Baldacci

Even though we weren’t old, we were old with all we carried inside.

— David Baldacci

Listening to a sermonizer who above all loves to hear himself sermonize is about as much fun as having your toes sheared off.

— David Baldacci

Success or failure was always defined largely during the preparation. With good planning all one had to do was execute. Even last-second changes could be made with greater ease if the planning in the first place had been precise.

— David Baldacci

He filled a bowl with cereal that looked like twigs a squirrel had pooped out.

— David Baldacci

It was blood. Blood that looked as if it had just been spilled. As I watched, it started pouring down the cavern’s walls.

— David Baldacci

Wait a minute; I thought the Battles didn’t pay the ransom.” “No, they did but they got it back – well, at least most of it.

— David Baldacci

You are a danger to her and all of Wormwood, Vega, do you not understand that?

— David Baldacci

A pretty accurate rule of thumb is the people who did the most talk about it the least. The blowhards are the ones who did squat.

— David Baldacci

It’s not so much that time heals all wounds, as it is the passage of the years that lets us make peace with our grief in our own way.

— David Baldacci

You have to give it thought when you’re changing your whole life.

— David Baldacci

The theory of mutual assured destruction was a great catalyst for peace.

— David Baldacci

Simply because you’ve lived through something doesn’t mean you understand its true significance or even recall the details of it correctly.

— David Baldacci

You should respect the past. You should never forget the past. But you can’t live there.

— David Baldacci

Humans are built for companionship.

— David Baldacci

It is more than a mere rule, for rules can be changed. It is truth.

— David Baldacci

The money folks will forgive a lot if the cash keeps rolling in. Same goes for the government.

— David Baldacci

All you need is some food, a roof over your head, a few brewskies a day, baseball in the summer and football in the fall, a missus to watch over you, and you can be a happy man.

— David Baldacci

Nobody likes to admit they were suckered. It’s easier on the psyche to keep living the lie.

— David Baldacci

It only matters, Devine, to you. But I would say this: Life is a long enough journey without having only negative motivations to get your ass out of bed every day. What I’m offering you is, once again, something.

— David Baldacci
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