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Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough. Stephen King
. . . according to Lem's Law, 'No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets' -- owing to general lack of time, the oversupply of books, and the perfection of advertising. Stanislaw Lem
I looked from face to face, exaggerating flaws and reminding myself that these boys did not like me. The hope was that I might crush any surviving atom attraction, but as has been the case for my entire life, the more someone dislikes me the more attractive he becomes. David Sedaris
This isn't about love and hate," Helen says. It's about control. People don't sit down and read a poem to kill their child. They just want the child tosleep. They just want to dominate. No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have your own way. The masochist bullies the sadist intoaction. The most passive person is actually an aggressor. Chuck Palahniuk
Paulo Coelho quote: "- If someone comes to you with a gift, and you do not accept..."
- If someone comes to you with a gift, and you do not accept it, who does the gift belong to? - asked the Samurai. Paulo Coelho
Sylvia Day quote: "You and me, baby girl, we're too jaded. We just want..."
You and me, baby girl, we're too jaded. We just want mind-blowing sex with someone who knows we're fucked up and accepts it. Sylvia Day
Haruki Murakami quote: "Grammar is like the air: someone higher up might try to set..."
Grammar is like the air: someone higher up might try to set rules for its use, but people won't necessarily follow them. Haruki Murakami
As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't have at home. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I cover my face w/ my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible. For someone to make Peeta forget he loves me... no one could do that Suzanne Collins
My mother and Joe have a lovers' shorthand, an economy of gestures that comes when you are close enough to someone to speak their language. I wonder if my mother and father ever had that, or if my mother was always just trying to decipher him. Jodi Picoult
I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like all orphans—to be the object of someone’s affection. This need has always been a hunger that went unsatisfied, and so thoroughly have I adapted to this inevitable hunger that I sometimes wonder if I really feel the need to eat. Whatever be the case, life pains me. Fernando Pessoa
Nora Roberts quote: "I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely..."
I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical. Nora Roberts
Jodi Picoult quote: "When you love someone, you don't see parts of him you don't like."
When you love someone, you don't see parts of him you don't like. Jodi Picoult
... I think my sister Daphne's obsession with having children has a lot to do with wanting to erase the pain my mother caused. On one level, Daphne's approach makes more sense. Yet the thought of a redo is not only unappealing, but terrifying. I don't want that kind of power over anyone. I don't want to be something that someone has to overcome. After all, I think everyone would agree that it's far worse to be a fucked-up mother than it is to have one. Emily Giffin
David Sedaris quote: "It was like seeing someone who wore a striped tie or parted..."
It was like seeing someone who wore a striped tie or parted his hair on the left? a detail, but not a telling one. David Sedaris

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