The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
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His crush went from exciting to depressing, as if he’d gone from the first blush of infatuation to the terminal nostalgia of a former lover without even the temporary relief of an actual relationship in between.
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Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously.
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My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.
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I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
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The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part of the seduction, just as it is part of the seduction of books in general.
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The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.
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Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?” “Oh, absolutely,” Quentin said. “Maybe even more.
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The new Web is a very different thing. It’s a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it’s really a revolution.
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A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it.
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In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.
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The problem with growing up is that once you’re grown up, the people who aren’t grown up aren’t fun anymore.
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It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy.
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I think for a long time, I was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. I had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed – it was – impossible to realize, so I sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.
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His whole personality was like an elaborate joke that he never stopped telling.
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The main advantage of being a reviewer is that you read a lot. A lot of books get sent to you, and you have an amazing vantage point from which to observe what’s going on in contemporary fiction – not only genre stuff, the whole spectrum.
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