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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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It’s an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek
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Glimpse Looks Soul
Young minds – young brains – need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they’ll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in.
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Believe Book Need Order Stories
We have lived too long. The great days are past.
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Day Great Long Past
The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.
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Learning Nonstop Process Wonderment
Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.
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Magic Mind World
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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Book Contemporary Fiction Stuff
The truth doesn’t always make a good story, does it?
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Good Make Stories
It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy.
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Easy Turnsm Something
Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously.
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Advice Seriously Writing
I recognize that on paper, you can’t really tell that I’m a fan or a nerd.
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Fans Nerd Paper Trouble
Escapism has value, even if I don’t know what its value is, exactly. Maybe it’s just part of some healthy way that we deal with the world.
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Healthy Way World
Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there’s nothing else.
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Doors Real Secret Stop Waiting
People – me included – want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
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Book People Want
Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it.
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Careful Catch Hunts Lest
A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I’ve just gotten in the habit of forgiving.
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Book Forgiving Habit
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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Crush Depressing relief

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