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Obie Williams

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I began writing at the age of 6 after a chance encounter between my mother and my first-grade teacher. My mother was a bit late picking me up from school, and it gave my teacher a chance to speak with her alone and express her pride over something I had written in class. My mother read it over and, with a chuckle, explained to the teacher that it was the opening narrative sequence of the television show Quantum Leap written out verbatim. Though slightly less impressed, I recall my teacher still complimenting me on memorizing the entire thing. In one fell swoop, I experienced my first dose of literary approval and shame of plagiarism. At that moment, I vowed to go home and write my very own original episode of Quantum Leap.

Though my brief ch
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The Crimes of Orphans

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“When you’re a monster, no one sees what kind of man you are.”
Obie Williams, The Crimes of Orphans

“Everything burns...you just gotta know what kind of fire to set.”
Obie Williams, The Crimes of Orphans

“It’s the easiest thing in the world. Just point, pull the trigger, and people go away.”
Obie Williams, The Crimes of Orphans

“Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams.”
Bram Stoker, Dracula

“The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real world, no sanity; there is only the screaming bedlam of sleep.”
Stephen King, Rose Madder

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
Mark Twain

“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”
J.K. Rowling

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