“Why no pictures?” While I knew from the beginning that I did not want to include them, it took lengthy discussion with readers to articulate exactly why. It comes down to the fact that photos capture one instant in a person’s life. I hoped to bring these people alive as complex individuals: hopeful, gloomy, anxious, playful, devious, etc. Photos, within these covers, undermine that, in my opinion. So we left them out. Photos”
― Columbine
― Columbine
“I’ve been reading A Confederacy of Dunces, and for one, am wondering why I never read it before now, and two, have taken to having Ignatius J. Reilly-esque outbursts as I read SVH books. My thought about reading the above passage was “can I believe this revolting offense to literature? What an abortion to the eyes!”
― If You Lived Here, You'd Be Perfect By Now: The Unofficial Guide to Sweet Valley High
― If You Lived Here, You'd Be Perfect By Now: The Unofficial Guide to Sweet Valley High
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