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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 0769bbe | entirely clear over the screams of the crowds. The | David Baldacci | ||
| f18a654 | That's how they generated Bruno's | David Baldacci | ||
| d30dada | happy about that." "I'm sure he wasn't." "And there could have been another reason." "Like what?" "The old story. Another woman?" "My father did have a mistress." She jerked and shot him a look. "What!" "It was called the United States Army. He barely had time for his family, much less another woman in his life. But it would be nice to know why he came back early and didn't tell anyone." "We'll have to dig into that. By the way, where are w.. | David Baldacci | ||
| 363c79b | crossed her arms and stared back at him. "I really don't have to tell you anything." "No, you really don't." He pointed to the cops and detectives. "But those guys you do. And I'd have a better story prepared than the bullshit you just tried to feed me." Myers rose. "I need to attend to some things." "I'm sure. Calling a really good lawyer should be first on the list." She hurried from the room and disappeared down the hall to her office. O.. | David Baldacci | ||
| f3bcf72 | have security clearances anymore." "So" | David Baldacci | ||
| 81a104e | his former boss at CIA, Simpson had still been sitting in death, only with him instead of a car seat it was a ladder-back chair in the kitchen that was now all mottled with the dead man's blood. The shot had come from the unfinished chunk of construction across the street. The hour of execution--for | David Baldacci | ||
| 039b65f | have under his thumb powerful congressmen, senators, even the vice president himself, | David Baldacci | ||
| 6d7d056 | do for you? | David Baldacci | ||
| 27142f2 | But if they are adopted there is no traitor blood issue, | David Baldacci | ||
| 8ec9900 | How do you let magic die?" I said slowly. I didn't know why, but I felt a great sense of loss at this. "By not using it. By not believing in it anymore. Belief, having faith in something, is a very powerful thing, Vega." -- | David Baldacci | ||
| b49793c | Well, the homes directly across the street are empty because of foreclosures. And it's a working-class neighborhood. There might not have been many people at the other homes at that time of the morning. And the school is set far enough back that the sounds might not have carried." "But presumably you had traffic along the street. And kids and teachers at the windows probably screaming their heads off. Cell phones hitting 911. Cruisers rolli.. | David Baldacci | ||
| 1d47cef | professionally, unlike most of the other women here, and seemed closer to Puller's age than | David Baldacci | ||
| 95c4bea | big | David Baldacci | ||
| 928b453 | heard | David Baldacci | ||
| a61f7a6 | THIRTY-SEVEN | David Baldacci | ||
| 773595e | time--quite the reverse. Puller hadn't even reached his Malibu when he heard the man. | David Baldacci | ||
| 44eef76 | You had to take life as it came. It gave no quarter, spared no feelings. Limited no pain. Put no ceiling on happiness. | David Baldacci | ||
| 7c8e64a | We deal with them all, | David Baldacci | ||
| 762b5c5 | something by me. | David Baldacci | ||
| 2a06c1e | a while. To let John Puller Sr. see what his real priorities were in life. And then, depending on what he decided, they would go from there. Puller folded the letter and slid it back into the envelope. Words from the grave. Or if not the grave, Puller didn't know where. Despite the obvious love and affection she held for her sons, as noted in the letter, Puller came away from reading it more depressed than he had been before. Part of him ha.. | David Baldacci | ||
| 49d1732 | room peering out, a gun in one hand, his other hand curled around the window drape. "Dad?" said Tyler in a shaky voice. Wingo held up a hand to quiet his son. He lingered at the window for a few more minutes, his gaze running up and down the streets, to the tops of the buildings and" | David Baldacci | ||
| 8ab9f84 | now. But I still act like a cop sometimes. | David Baldacci | ||
| bd7e74d | You're lying to me, aren't you?" "Pretty much, yeah." "Thanks for being honest about your dishonesty." | David Baldacci | ||
| fd6bec6 | ties to Al-Qaeda has claimed | David Baldacci | ||
| a2ce023 | In his mind progress was always to be measured in inches, especially when you didn't have yards or even feet of success to show off. | progress success | David Baldacci | |
| 9652423 | marks | David Baldacci | ||
| 3eb8527 | that that won't be the case." "I don't trust" | David Baldacci | ||
| 576499e | goes to the cottage. They may place her in Witness Protection without warning, | David Baldacci | ||
| 585753a | something always leads to something else. | David Baldacci | ||
| 7b63167 | This surprised him, her turning down his invitation to dine with him, and his face showed it. "Katie." She rose. Their gazes locked for an extended moment. "Good luck, Shaw." She hesitated for another second, long enough for him to say something to keep her there. Yet he remained quiet. She turned and left. Shaw sat there for several beats, a massive struggle going on inside his mind. Finally, he threw some euros on the table, hustled from .. | baldacci katie-james | David Baldacci | |
| 4fdd5a9 | Show. | David Baldacci | ||
| 7dbec2c | A smart man understood that victory was not inevitable. An even smarter man knew that defeat was never really total if you figured out how to handle the aftermath with skill and just the right spin. And the smartest men of all, even when they lost, they actually won. | inspirational-attitude shaw | David Baldacci | |
| 6a53b88 | Vega, death is only fear. Without fear, there is no death. Without death, there are no bars. Without bars, there is only freedom. | David Baldacci | ||
| bf20f8e | She talked to herself as she wrote. "Dark hair, about six four five, two-forty. Shoulders the size of Nebraska. Amazing blue eyes." She put down her pen. " | baldacci katie-james | David Baldacci | |
| c352b2c | vital first | David Baldacci | ||
| 4f912c7 | seem inclined to begin the conversation | David Baldacci | ||
| ee540d3 | CHAPTER | David Baldacci | ||
| 60acc50 | your butt somehow." Jordan shrugged. "I just took" | David Baldacci | ||
| 38428a6 | received | David Baldacci | ||
| 436be0a | 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 | ||
| 35a3543 | I'll be back," he called over" | David Baldacci | ||
| 98d19c9 | Reel called out, "It was a backfire, Robie. Car passing the house." | David Baldacci | ||
| 4357685 | presidents had to make | David Baldacci | ||
| 3553300 | Per troppi anni sono stato ad ascoltarti piangere la tua condizione di martire e adesso non ne posso piu. Tu ti vedi come la paladina di vittime innocenti. Altro nella tua vita non c'e. Non ci sei tu, non ci sono io, non c'e tuo padre. L'unica vera ragione per cui ti accanisci contro ogni bastardo che ti capita a tiro e che tuo padre ti ha fatto del male. Ogni volta che fai condannare qualcuno e un'altro chiodo che conficchi nel cuore del t.. | David Baldacci |