Quotes from The Winner

“The avenues he had taken as a young man had pretty much dictated what the remaining years of his life would be like.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Winner

“and out of his life. As he”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Winner

“in this house, speaking and thinking”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Winner

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By revolution lowering,does become
The opposite of itself..”
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“I’m going to hurt you, sweetheart, because there’s no other way. If I could take the pain for you, I would.”
She did not turn her face away from him or try to twist free of his imprisoning grasp, and what she said made Ian’s throat ache with emotion. “Do you know,” she whispered with a teary smile, “how long I’ve waited to hear you call me ‘sweetheart’ again?”
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