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"In a way, I’m reminded of The Glass Castle, with the father insisting on doing things his way to the extreme detriment of his own family." — May 17, 2026 11:04AM
"In a way, I’m reminded of The Glass Castle, with the father insisting on doing things his way to the extreme detriment of his own family." — May 17, 2026 11:04AM
“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
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“My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.”
― Darkest Hour
― Darkest Hour
“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks”
― Haunted
― Haunted
“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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This is the official book club run by Kristina Horner & Mallory Shoemaker! Our FALL READ for 2016 is "Mirror in the Sky" by Aditi Khorana! This boo ...more
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