David Baldacci
David Baldacci
David Baldacci is a bestselling American novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 August 1960
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
father virginia long
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.
might today another-chance
Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.
facts assumption dangerous
Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.
country journey america
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.
citizens lawyer injustice
As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.
children writing lap
I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.
book kids rocks
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.
tired people im-tired
I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.
life essence long
Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble creature landed on the lily pad they had occupied for too long.
humanity principles process
Human beings are infinitely fallible, completely unreliable. Science is not. Science is absolute. Under strict principles, if you do A and B, then C will occur. This rarely happens if you inject the inefficiences of humanity into the process.
destination
It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.
two people want
Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.
long corruption humans
Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.
ambition men fleeting
A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?