Mercy Quotes

“They believed themselves entitled to the best because they had, through no effort of their own, always been given the best of everything.”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“The setup was three five-minute rounds, unless one fighter was knocked out or otherwise was no longer able to defend herself. Cain had never been knocked out, but there was always the chance. The lower number of rounds meant that the fight would be high intensity pretty much from the get-go. There was no cruising in this ring of human mayhem. The crowd wanted punishment and blood and lots of it. Like watching the NFL, it was far more American than baseball and apple pie ever would be. The tough and vicious won, and everybody else was a loser.”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“I give money to people I don’t know. I help them because I know what it’s like not to have anything. But that’s easy. I slip them a few bucks and walk away. There’s no other obligation, no lasting responsibility. I don’t have to do anything hard. If they live or die, get hurt or sick, it doesn’t affect me. It doesn’t touch me, because I have no real link to any of them. But with people who cared about you, who loved you, it was different. That road ran both ways and so did the responsibility. And that suddenly scared her more than anything she’d ever fought in her life. A direct connection to someone else”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“If you can’t live in the world you have, make one up.”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“Books were meant to be read, not displayed on a shelf for decoration.”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“it”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“walkie-talkie in the floorboard, with its Talk button taped”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“Vanderbilt”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“never pick up a cigarette.”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“surveillance tape we heard”
― David Baldacci, Mercy

“like always, the women got the short end of the athletic stick,”
― David Baldacci, Mercy