Quotes from The Last Mile

David Baldacci ·  644 pages

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“You know people who read are a lot more tolerant and open-minded than those who don’t.” “Great,”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


“Decker looked behind him. 'That's nice.'

'What?' said Mars, looking too.

'Where the NAACP office was they built a public library. You know people who read are a lot more tolerant and open-minded than those who don't.'

'Great, so let's get everybody in the world a library card.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


“His jumpsuit was white, and on the back were the letters D and R printed in black. They stood for “death row”. Mars had equated it to a snake’s rattle, warning folks to stay the hell away.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


“posting will be at the unemployment office.” “I don’t think”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


“So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile



“He filled a bowl with cereal that looked like twigs a squirrel had pooped out.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


“Montgomery dude said he killed my parents.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


“He would have been forty-two years old in two months. His forty-first had been his very last birthday, as it turned out.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Last Mile


About the author

David Baldacci
Born place: in Richmond, Virginia, The United States
Born date August 5, 1960
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