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Zack W. Van
Goodreads Author
Born
in Kenosha, The United States
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
December 2011
This is why I wrote Inanimate Heroes
Today, while I was browsing Facebook, I saw a post that really caught my attention. In a tribute page for Jamey Rodemeyer, one of the kids the book is dedicated to, I noticed a disturbing comment. In a post about wishing everyone a merry Christmas and happy new year, one comment read “Well maybe his parents would have if he hadn’t been so selfish.” Obviously this blunt ignorance really upset me. H
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Inanimate Heroes
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published
2011
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6 editions
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“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.”
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“I'm most disturbed by the theory of rubber resilience in children; as if its much easier to bounce back with youth. I see them more like Steel. When heated, they can be bent either which way. But if it's not corrected by the time things cool down, they can be forever changed.”
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
