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Coert Voorhees
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One of the most common questions I've received lately has to do with the title, LUCKY FOOLS. As a reader, I love hearing about how authors come up with titles for their work, espcecially because, as a writer, I really suck at that part. (When I presented my editor a list of possible titles for the book that would become THE BROTHERS TORRES, her response was, "Is this a list of menu items at a Chil
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“It's like they think we're still five years old, coloring in kindergarten, and all the kids get cupcakes whether its their birthday or not. Maybe its a kind of self-preservation. If parents actually knew what their kids were like, they'd probably shoot themselves in the head.”
― The Brothers Torres
― The Brothers Torres
“There are many benefits to interracial friendships, and one of my favorite is the freedom to call each other nicknames that other people consider racist. I think everyone has a natural urge to say the wrong thing. It's like standing next to some dude on the sidewalk and suddenly wanting to push him into oncoming traffic. Don't even try to tell me you've never had that feeling.”
― The Brothers Torres
― The Brothers Torres
“It's weird going to school with rich people. On the surface, you're jealous. You want to be like them, you want to have the things they have, wear the clothes they wear, and drive the cars they drive. But somewhere in the back of your head, you realize that you don't want to be the one everybody looks at and says to themselves, "I can't stand that fucker." So you're left wanting to be just like them and hating every bone in their bodies at the same time.”
― The Brothers Torres
― The Brothers Torres
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