"The simple truth of things is that bad dreams are far better than bad wakings."
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"Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze."
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"The harder you had to work to open a package, the less you ended up caring about what was inside."
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"Grammar is...the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking."
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"if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will be lost. The truth isn't always pretty."
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"The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch."
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"The multiple choices of possibilities of daily life are the music we dance to."
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"A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools."
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"It's a hard life if you don't weaken."
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"The quickest way to learn about a new place is to know what it dreams of."
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"I've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long as the checks don't bounce and the family gets fed.""
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"Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real."
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"Any parting could be forever, and we don't know."
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"Your Plan and the stuff that comes out of my asshole bear a suspicious resemblance to each other."
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"As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty."
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"How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?"
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"We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create."
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"Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all."
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"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."
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"In the end we are all caught in devices of our own making. I believe that. In the end we are all caught."
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