Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

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you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

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The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.

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When all else fails, give up and go to the library.

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You can't polish a turd.

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Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.

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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'

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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

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People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done.

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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

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What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

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The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

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Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

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Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

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The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

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Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

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Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists.

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