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Split Second (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #1) Split Second by David Baldacci
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“Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“I figure if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“A politician and his entourage on the campaign trail were like a herd of elephants: they could travel nowhere lightly. They stomped the earth until it hurt with the weight of the guards, chiefs of staff, spokespersons, speechwriters, publicity folks, gofers and others. It was a spectacle that if it didn’t make you laugh would at least cause you considerable worry about the future of the country.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“Hell no. Anybody sues me I ain’t got no money. See, that’s the poor person’s best insurance policy: no assets.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“Although America loved its tough guys, they weren’t ready to vote for leaders who exhibited no compassion for the downtrodden and miserable, for on any given day they might constitute a majority.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“He earned a national reputation managing large political campaigns, turning them into media-driven extravaganzas with emphasis on sound bites and perception over any kind of substance, and his win rate was astonishingly high. That probably said more for the gullibility of the modern voter than the high standards of the modern candidate, Michelle thought.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“I like to verify things independently. It's not like any of us are infallible.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“You’re always for the truth coming out?” “Aren’t you?” King shrugged. “I’m a lawyer. Go ask a real human being.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“Although America loved its tough guys, they weren’t ready to vote for leaders who exhibited no compassion for the downtrodden and miserable,”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“Assassins tended to favor bulky clothing and small handguns.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“in their scrubs, their energy seemingly sapped by the depressing surroundings. King and Joan both stood as the man was wheeled into the room by one of the attendants. The young man nodded to them. “Okay, here’s Sid.” The young man knelt down in front of Morse and patted him on the shoulder. “Okay, Sid, these people want to talk to you, okay, you hear me? It’s cool, just talk.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“to take it easy,” he said defensively.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“Was it a fire in the kitchen?
No, a bomb in the basement.”
David Baldacci, Split Second
tags: humor
“Who knows what beats deeply within the hearts of people?”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“That’s how they generated Bruno’s”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“Fortune”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“had a way of looking one over without seeming to that any Secret Service agent would be proud of,”
David Baldacci, Split Second
“had a way of looking one over without seeming to that any Secret Service agent would be proud”
David Baldacci, Split Second