Karin Slaughter Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.”
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“Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.”
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“Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.”
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“Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.”
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“Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.”
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“Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.”
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“As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.”
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“I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.”
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“I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.”
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“[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.”
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“Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.”
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“sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.”
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“Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.”
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“Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.”
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“You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.”
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“Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.”
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“I can’t—” Lena repeated. “I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.” Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena—really looked at her straight in the eye. “Good,” Sara told her. “Now you know how it feels.”
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“Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.”
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“You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time”
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“Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.”
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“Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect.”
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“I've always been drawn to historical fiction.”
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