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 scariest moment is always just before you start.

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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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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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I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.

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

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Do it for joy and you can do it forever

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Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.

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We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

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

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