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Harlan Coben quotes: Home was a secure haven for that - a familial cone of honesty, if you will. Home was a secure haven for that - a familial cone of honesty, if you will.
Harlan Coben quotes: Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher. Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
Harlan Coben quotes: Maybe the answer isn't in another job," Wendy said. "Maybe the answer is in finding new ways to define manhood. Maybe the answer isn't in another job," Wendy said. "Maybe the answer is in finding new ways to define manhood.
Harlan Coben quotes: An hour before his world exploded like a ripe tomato under a stiletto heel, Myron bit into a fresh pastry that tasted suspiciously like urinal cake. An hour before his world exploded like a ripe tomato under a stiletto heel, Myron bit into a fresh pastry that tasted suspiciously like urinal cake.
Harlan Coben quotes: Again, so had the rest of the Again, so had the rest of the
Harlan Coben quotes: He truly believed that no one could love him, and no matter who you are, that hurts. It made you insecure. It made you want to hide and build fences He truly believed that no one could love him, and no matter who you are, that hurts. It made you insecure. It made you want to hide and build fences
Harlan Coben quotes: Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something
Harlan Coben quotes: Would it be too hackneyed to wonder where it all went so wrong? Kitty's Would it be too hackneyed to wonder where it all went so wrong? Kitty's
Harlan Coben quotes: Sure, okay, enjoy World Book Day but celebrating reading one day a year is like "getting some" only on Valentine's Day. Sure, okay, enjoy World Book Day but celebrating reading one day a year is like "getting some" only on Valentine's Day.
Harlan Coben quotes: The truth may be better than lies ... But it doesn't always set you free. The truth may be better than lies ... But it doesn't always set you free.
Harlan Coben quotes: She said that if you hold on to hate, you lose your grip on so much more. She said that if you hold on to hate, you lose your grip on so much more.
Harlan Coben quotes: If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills.
Harlan Coben quotes: Amazing what humans, even ones as wanton as Frank Ache, crave when left alone - other humans. Amazing what humans, even ones as wanton as Frank Ache, crave when left alone - other humans.
Harlan Coben quotes: You don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving. You don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving.
Harlan Coben quotes: I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am. I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.
Harlan Coben quotes: The Bad Man isn't lurking in playgrounds, kiddies. He lives in your house. The Bad Man isn't lurking in playgrounds, kiddies. He lives in your house.
Harlan Coben quotes: Hope she's not getting Gloria." "Why?" "She kinda looks like a white version of me," Jake said. "Only with a heavier beard. Hope she's not getting Gloria." "Why?" "She kinda looks like a white version of me," Jake said. "Only with a heavier beard.
Harlan Coben quotes: What we so admire and call "single minded dedication" was really "obsessive self-involvement". What in that exactly is admirable? What we so admire and call "single minded dedication" was really "obsessive self-involvement". What in that exactly is admirable?
Harlan Coben quotes: Guys who always shined their shoes were usually self-involved asswipes who figure superficiality trumps substance. Guys who always shined their shoes were usually self-involved asswipes who figure superficiality trumps substance.
Harlan Coben quotes: More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key. More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
Harlan Coben quotes: The simplest answer is usually correct. The simplest answer is usually correct.
Harlan Coben quotes: An old Croatian proverb Adam had learned in college applied here: The hunchback sees the hump of others - never his own. An old Croatian proverb Adam had learned in college applied here: The hunchback sees the hump of others - never his own.
Harlan Coben quotes: Acceptance of the inevitable, a sign of a wise man. Acceptance of the inevitable, a sign of a wise man.
Harlan Coben quotes: Regrets and could-have-beens tried to sneak in, but he shoved them away. No time for this now. Regrets and could-have-beens tried to sneak in, but he shoved them away. No time for this now.
Harlan Coben quotes: A trial is two narratives competing for your attention. A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.
Harlan Coben quotes: I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.
Harlan Coben quotes: Sports were supposed to be a reflection of life, a life lesson, a test of endurance and strength, a great preparation for the real world. Sports were supposed to be a reflection of life, a life lesson, a test of endurance and strength, a great preparation for the real world.
Harlan Coben quotes: I'm a little bit of a control freak. I'm a little bit of a control freak.
Harlan Coben quotes: I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways. I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways.
Harlan Coben quotes: In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart. In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.
Harlan Coben quotes: Did tragedy cause fissures, open them wideror did tragedy merely turn on the light so you could see the fissure that had always been there? Did tragedy cause fissures, open them wider
or did tragedy merely turn on the light so you could see the fissure that had always been there?
Harlan Coben quotes: This was a place where tattoos outnumbered teeth. This was a place where tattoos outnumbered teeth.
Harlan Coben quotes: I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me. I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.
Harlan Coben quotes: Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely. Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely.
Harlan Coben quotes: I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that. I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
Harlan Coben quotes: You have heart disease, people understand. When the brain gets sick, well, it's almost impossible to comprehend. You have heart disease, people understand. When the brain gets sick, well, it's almost impossible to comprehend.
Harlan Coben quotes: Certain problems cannot be solved if you are constantly entertained and distracted. Certain problems cannot be solved if you are constantly entertained and distracted.
Harlan Coben quotes: This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too. This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
Harlan Coben quotes: Sunlight when Maya exited Sunlight when Maya exited
Harlan Coben quotes: "better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down. "better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.
Harlan Coben quotes: War is never a meritocracy for the casualties. War is never a meritocracy for the casualties.
Harlan Coben quotes: The gray has no chance against that smile. It vanishes in a wonderful haze of bright color. The gray has no chance against that smile. It vanishes in a wonderful haze of bright color.
Harlan Coben quotes: I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company. I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.
Harlan Coben quotes: I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them. I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them.
Harlan Coben quotes: Her smile shames the sun Her smile shames the sun
Harlan Coben quotes: When I looked into her eyes, I could see forever When I looked into her eyes, I could see forever
Harlan Coben quotes: But when in doubt, you might as well keep an open mind. But when in doubt, you might as well keep an open mind.
Harlan Coben quotes: The cardinal rule: You never have to take back words you don't say. The cardinal rule: You never have to take back words you don't say.
Harlan Coben quotes: When we stepped out of the car, I heard the ghosts. Lots of them here, too many, swirling and battling for my attention. My father's won out. When we stepped out of the car, I heard the ghosts. Lots of them here, too many, swirling and battling for my attention. My father's won out.
Harlan Coben quotes: There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
Harlan Coben quotes: I'm not very happy idle. I'm not very happy idle.
Harlan Coben quotes: At one time, this might have been a nice area, but now the neighborhood looked like a man who'd lost his job and stopped bathing. At one time, this might have been a nice area, but now the neighborhood looked like a man who'd lost his job and stopped bathing.
Harlan Coben quotes: Secret revealed is a secret destroyed. Secret revealed is a secret destroyed.
Harlan Coben quotes: If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance. If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance.
Harlan Coben quotes: Muse grabbed the envelope. "Everything in here?" Chamique frowned. "Oh, no, you did not just ask me that." Muse Muse grabbed the envelope. "Everything in here?" Chamique frowned. "Oh, no, you did not just ask me that." Muse
Harlan Coben quotes: In the movies, killers are omnipotent. In the movies, killers are omnipotent.
Harlan Coben quotes: I said everyone looks happy. That was kinda my point. If you judge the world by Facebook, you wonder why so many people take Prozac. I said everyone looks happy. That was kinda my point. If you judge the world by Facebook, you wonder why so many people take Prozac.
Harlan Coben quotes: Thomas had gotten his learner's permit a week ago - the parental equivalent of a stress test without using an actual EKG machine. Thomas had gotten his learner's permit a week ago - the parental equivalent of a stress test without using an actual EKG machine.
Harlan Coben quotes: When Myron was ten years old, his father had taken him and his younger brother, Brad, to a game. Brad was five at the time. Dad had secured When Myron was ten years old, his father had taken him and his younger brother, Brad, to a game. Brad was five at the time. Dad had secured
Harlan Coben quotes: Way to nail Cozone. Her cell phone buzzed as Way to nail Cozone. Her cell phone buzzed as
Harlan Coben quotes: On the outside, he's all cold and detached," she said. "But underneath that - way down deep inside - he's all cold and detached. On the outside, he's all cold and detached," she said. "But underneath that - way down deep inside - he's all cold and detached.
Harlan Coben quotes: Whatever else a father is in this life - cop, fireman, Indian chief - he provides for his family. He Whatever else a father is in this life - cop, fireman, Indian chief - he provides for his family. He
Harlan Coben quotes: A voice flat enough to fit under a door crack. A voice flat enough to fit under a door crack.
Harlan Coben quotes: He checked his watch. "One more drink," Win said. "And then I will go in the other room because - oh, you'll love this - Mee so horny." I He checked his watch. "One more drink," Win said. "And then I will go in the other room because - oh, you'll love this - Mee so horny." I
Harlan Coben quotes: Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell. Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.
Harlan Coben quotes: Mrs. Friedman lived in a happy snow globe of AP History. Mrs. Friedman lived in a happy snow globe of AP History.
Harlan Coben quotes: Desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers Desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers
Harlan Coben quotes: By the time Myron was forced to return, their clients were scattering into the night like kitchen help during an immigration bust. By the time Myron was forced to return, their clients were scattering into the night like kitchen help during an immigration bust.
Harlan Coben quotes: Those who had easy answers, be they on the right or the left, were always wrong. The world is complex. It is never one-size-fits-all. Those who had easy answers, be they on the right or the left, were always wrong. The world is complex. It is never one-size-fits-all.
Harlan Coben quotes: Death teaches you that. You would give anything, forgive anything, for just one more second. . . . Death teaches you that. You would give anything, forgive anything, for just one more second. . . .
Harlan Coben quotes: When you hit thirty-five or forty, you know on one level that you are no longer the physical specimen you once were. When you hit thirty-five or forty, you know on one level that you are no longer the physical specimen you once were.
Harlan Coben quotes: I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain. I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.
Harlan Coben quotes: There is silence, and then there is rural silence, silence you could feel and reach out and touch, silence with texture and distance. There is silence, and then there is rural silence, silence you could feel and reach out and touch, silence with texture and distance.
Harlan Coben quotes: Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all. Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all.
Harlan Coben quotes: Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place. Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place.
Harlan Coben quotes: You can't have an up without a down, a left without a right - and you can't have good times without expecting bad. You can't have an up without a down, a left without a right - and you can't have good times without expecting bad.
Harlan Coben quotes: Kimberly Green had a major conniption. "Are you insane?" They Kimberly Green had a major conniption. "Are you insane?" They
Harlan Coben quotes: There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug. There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.
Harlan Coben quotes: The two Crabfest eaters pulled out bills one at a time. Then they each opened their change purse as though it were a rusted chastity belt. Heidi The two Crabfest eaters pulled out bills one at a time. Then they each opened their change purse as though it were a rusted chastity belt. Heidi
Harlan Coben quotes: They're politicians,' Win said. 'They'd lie and evade if you asked them what they had for breakfast. They're politicians,' Win said. 'They'd lie and evade if you asked them what they had for breakfast.
Harlan Coben quotes: His world was wobbly but back on the axis. His world was wobbly but back on the axis.
Harlan Coben quotes: Oh, you've made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short. Oh, you've made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short.
Harlan Coben quotes: We always seem to be on the eve of destruction. And we always seem to get through it. We always seem to be on the eve of destruction. And we always seem to get through it.
Harlan Coben quotes: Stopped her by raising his hand. I don't want to argue with you, Sara. I know you feel differently. Suffice to say that this is how I see it. Stopped her by raising his hand. I don't want to argue with you, Sara. I know you feel differently. Suffice to say that this is how I see it.
Harlan Coben quotes: Watch out for people who belong in your past. Don't let 'em back in your life. Watch out for people who belong in your past. Don't let 'em back in your life.
Harlan Coben quotes: If you give desperation any wiggle room, it will toy with you. If you give desperation any wiggle room, it will toy with you.
Harlan Coben quotes: But every home is its own island with its own secrets. But every home is its own island with its own secrets.
Harlan Coben quotes: You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad. You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
Harlan Coben quotes: When you're young you don't get how great it is to be loved unconditionally. When you're young you don't get how great it is to be loved unconditionally.
Harlan Coben quotes: Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer. Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer.
Harlan Coben quotes: So basically your plan is to flail about helplessly. So basically your plan is to flail about helplessly.
Harlan Coben quotes: I found something in Mercer's room," Walker said in a voice as gray as a tombstone. "I think it belongs to Haley McWaid. I found something in Mercer's room," Walker said in a voice as gray as a tombstone. "I think it belongs to Haley McWaid.
Harlan Coben quotes: The Newark train station is about as romantic as a pile of hippo dung with head lice. The Newark train station is about as romantic as a pile of hippo dung with head lice.
Harlan Coben quotes: Matt rested his head against the bus window, the vibration working like a strange massage. Matt rested his head against the bus window, the vibration working like a strange massage.
Harlan Coben quotes: Why do humans never really learn the lessons we are supposed to? What is in our makeup, in fact, that draws us to that which should sicken us? Why do humans never really learn the lessons we are supposed to? What is in our makeup, in fact, that draws us to that which should sicken us?
Harlan Coben quotes: Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation. Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.
Harlan Coben quotes: The humpback never sees the hump on his own back. The humpback never sees the hump on his own back.
Harlan Coben quotes: Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else. Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.
Harlan Coben quotes: The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter. The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter.
Harlan Coben quotes: With choice comes guilt. No escaping it. With choice comes guilt. No escaping it.

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