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Justin Cronin quotes: That was always the hardest part, missing you. That was always the hardest part, missing you.
Justin Cronin quotes: It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something. It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something.
Justin Cronin quotes: It was as if I'd lost some cosmic game of musical chairs; the song had stopped, I was left standing, and there was simply nothing to be dine about it. It was as if I'd lost some cosmic game of musical chairs; the song had stopped, I was left standing, and there was simply nothing to be dine about it.
Justin Cronin quotes: It's love that enslaves us. It's love that enslaves us.
Justin Cronin quotes: Strange how one minute life was a certain way and then it was another, and you couldn't remember what you'd done to make it all happen. Strange how one minute life was a certain way and then it was another, and you couldn't remember what you'd done to make it all happen.
Justin Cronin quotes: But I did what I thought was right in the moment. In the end, that's all a man has to measure his life, and it's plenty. But I did what I thought was right in the moment. In the end, that's all a man has to measure his life, and it's plenty.
Justin Cronin quotes: Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf. Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.
Justin Cronin quotes: A lot of life, Michael had learned, came down to trying to fix things that weren't fixable. A lot of life, Michael had learned, came down to trying to fix things that weren't fixable.
Justin Cronin quotes: Our place had just four rooms and voices had a way of carrying, you couldn't sneeze in one room without somebody in another saying bless you. Our place had just four rooms and voices had a way of carrying, you couldn't sneeze in one room without somebody in another saying bless you.
Justin Cronin quotes: We have mortgaged the planet and spent the cash on trifles. We have mortgaged the planet and spent the cash on trifles.
Justin Cronin quotes: Who is the monster now? Who is the monster now?
Justin Cronin quotes: It had never occurred to her that God would cry, but of course that was wrong. God would be crying all the time. He would cry and cry and never It had never occurred to her that God would cry, but of course that was wrong. God would be crying all the time. He would cry and cry and never stop.
Justin Cronin quotes: If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it. If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.
Justin Cronin quotes: Nothing lasts forever." "Some things do." "What kind of things?" "The things we like to remember. The love we've felt for people. Nothing lasts forever." "Some things do." "What kind of things?" "The things we like to remember. The love we've felt for people.
Justin Cronin quotes: The world was a world of dreaming souls who could not die. The world was a world of dreaming souls who could not die.
Justin Cronin quotes: Since our first, furry ancestor scraped flint on stone and banished night with fire, we have climbed heavenward on a ladder made of our own arrogance. Since our first, furry ancestor scraped flint on stone and banished night with fire, we have climbed heavenward on a ladder made of our own arrogance.
Justin Cronin quotes: I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood. I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood.
Justin Cronin quotes: All his life he had wanted to be known by just one person. That's what love was, he decided. Love was being known. All his life he had wanted to be known by just one person. That's what love was, he decided. Love was being known.
Justin Cronin quotes: The guy could sell sunlamps in a cancer ward. The guy could sell sunlamps in a cancer ward.
Justin Cronin quotes: Maybe just being alive, and having someone to love who loved you back, was enough. Maybe just being alive, and having someone to love who loved you back, was enough.
Justin Cronin quotes: Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people. Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people.
Justin Cronin quotes: I like creating villains. I like creating villains.
Justin Cronin quotes: What was childhood if not a passage from light to dark, of the soul's slow drowning in an ocean of ordinary matter? During What was childhood if not a passage from light to dark, of the soul's slow drowning in an ocean of ordinary matter? During
Justin Cronin quotes: My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one. My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.
Justin Cronin quotes: He knew what he'd see; one more slack face, one more pair of eyes that had barely learned to read, one more soul that had stared into itself too long. He knew what he'd see; one more slack face, one more pair of eyes that had barely learned to read, one more soul that had stared into itself too long.
Justin Cronin quotes: Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's always going on. Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's always going on.
Justin Cronin quotes: Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.
Justin Cronin quotes: When they come, they come from above. When they come, they come from above.
Justin Cronin quotes: The world had a way of speaking to you if you let it; the trick was learning to hear. The world had a way of speaking to you if you let it; the trick was learning to hear.
Justin Cronin quotes: This was their way; a lot was said by saying nothing. She This was their way; a lot was said by saying nothing. She
Justin Cronin quotes: What were the living dead, Wolgast thought, but a metaphor for the misbegotten march of middle age? What were the living dead, Wolgast thought, but a metaphor for the misbegotten march of middle age?
Justin Cronin quotes: Michael lifted a menu from a stack on the counter and opened it. 'What's meatloaf?' I get the meat part, but a loaf of it? Michael lifted a menu from a stack on the counter and opened it. 'What's meatloaf?' I get the meat part, but a loaf of it?
Justin Cronin quotes: We made war on the planet, and the planet fought back. We made war on the planet, and the planet fought back.
Justin Cronin quotes: For the first time in my life, I felt the pain of missing people I had not yet left. For the first time in my life, I felt the pain of missing people I had not yet left.
Justin Cronin quotes: This is a writ of commutation, Anthony, signed by Governor Jenna Bush. This is a writ of commutation, Anthony, signed by Governor Jenna Bush.
Justin Cronin quotes: It was like leading people to the edge of a cliff, showing them the view, and then shoving them off. It was like leading people to the edge of a cliff, showing them the view, and then shoving them off.
Justin Cronin quotes: When he decided they weren't police, he realized he'd been thinking maybe they were. When he decided they weren't police, he realized he'd been thinking maybe they were.
Justin Cronin quotes: I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad. I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.
Justin Cronin quotes: We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load. We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.
Justin Cronin quotes: We search for ourselves in our surroundings, and everything I saw was either brand-new or falling apart. Most We search for ourselves in our surroundings, and everything I saw was either brand-new or falling apart. Most
Justin Cronin quotes: God invented Iowa, he always said, so people could leave it and never come back. God invented Iowa, he always said, so people could leave it and never come back.
Justin Cronin quotes: It is an interesting truth that the human body, liberated from its head, is in essence a bag of blood with a built-in straw. Holding It is an interesting truth that the human body, liberated from its head, is in essence a bag of blood with a built-in straw. Holding
Justin Cronin quotes: I could have held his hand. I could have held his hand.
Justin Cronin quotes: Absolution is not the same as understanding. Absolution is not the same as understanding.
Justin Cronin quotes: To have a child was to receive the gift of true immortality - not time stopped, as it had stopped in Amy, but time continuing and everlasting. To have a child was to receive the gift of true immortality - not time stopped, as it had stopped in Amy, but time continuing and everlasting.
Justin Cronin quotes: Drinking myself blind seemed like the next logical step. Drinking myself blind seemed like the next logical step.
Justin Cronin quotes: Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way. Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.
Justin Cronin quotes: Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it. Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it.
Justin Cronin quotes: Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand - once passed, I thought, time was all the same, all over. Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand - once passed, I thought, time was all the same, all over.
Justin Cronin quotes: The sadness you feel is not your own. It's his sadness you feel in your heart, Amy, for missing you. The sadness you feel is not your own. It's his sadness you feel in your heart, Amy, for missing you.
Justin Cronin quotes: Yet, to yield, to accept death: the mind forbade it. The mind demanded, against all sense, to go on. Fanning Yet, to yield, to accept death: the mind forbade it. The mind demanded, against all sense, to go on. Fanning
Justin Cronin quotes: So, at the last, a story. So, at the last, a story.
Justin Cronin quotes: All those years, waiting for the Army, and it turns out the Army is us. All those years, waiting for the Army, and it turns out the Army is us.
Justin Cronin quotes: One day you have Einstein, puzzling over the theory of relativity, the next you've got the Manhattan Project and a big hole in the ground. One day you have Einstein, puzzling over the theory of relativity, the next you've got the Manhattan Project and a big hole in the ground.
Justin Cronin quotes: I like cats as much as the next person, in the right quantity. I like cats as much as the next person, in the right quantity.
Justin Cronin quotes: Someone once told me that part of you lives on so long as somebody remembers you. Someone once told me that part of you lives on so long as somebody remembers you.
Justin Cronin quotes: The floor was slick with blood, so much blood that he felt his feet sliding on it, the grease of human remains. The floor was slick with blood, so much blood that he felt his feet sliding on it, the grease of human remains.
Justin Cronin quotes: All things found their ends. All things found their ends.
Justin Cronin quotes: Weren't the question the man had wrong, it was his way of asking it. Weren't the question the man had wrong, it was his way of asking it.
Justin Cronin quotes: But as love turns to grief, and grief becomes anger, so must anger yield to thought, in order to know itself. But as love turns to grief, and grief becomes anger, so must anger yield to thought, in order to know itself.
Justin Cronin quotes: Courage is easy, when the alternative is getting killed. Courage is easy, when the alternative is getting killed.
Justin Cronin quotes: The heart, once broken, stayed broken. The heart, once broken, stayed broken.
Justin Cronin quotes: That was when you got to actually liking people, which was a problem. Things fell apart fast after that. That was when you got to actually liking people, which was a problem. Things fell apart fast after that.
Justin Cronin quotes: This girl from nowhere. This Amy NLN. Who was alpha, who omega? Who the beginning and who the end? This girl from nowhere. This Amy NLN. Who was alpha, who omega? Who the beginning and who the end?
Justin Cronin quotes: Too many what-ifs are just a way to keep yourself up at night, and there's not enough decent sleep to go around. Too many what-ifs are just a way to keep yourself up at night, and there's not enough decent sleep to go around.
Justin Cronin quotes: I've never stopped and never ever will. But the words got tangled up somewhere between his mouth and his brain, and the moment slipped away. I've never stopped and never ever will. But the words got tangled up somewhere between his mouth and his brain, and the moment slipped away.
Justin Cronin quotes: One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent. One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent.
Justin Cronin quotes: This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world. This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.
Justin Cronin quotes: If asked to name the worst moment of his life, Michael Fisher wouldn't have hesitated to give his answer: it was when the lights went out. If asked to name the worst moment of his life, Michael Fisher wouldn't have hesitated to give his answer: it was when the lights went out.
Justin Cronin quotes: The lie had worked so far, but Lacey felt its softness, like a floor of rotten boards beneath her feet. The lie had worked so far, but Lacey felt its softness, like a floor of rotten boards beneath her feet.
Justin Cronin quotes: I was very much a child of the Cold War. I was very much a child of the Cold War.
Justin Cronin quotes: So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are. So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.
Justin Cronin quotes: I died and then was brought to life, the oldest tale there is. I I died and then was brought to life, the oldest tale there is. I
Justin Cronin quotes: Doubt is human nature. It's what we do with it that matters. Doubt is human nature. It's what we do with it that matters.
Justin Cronin quotes: I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right. I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right.
Justin Cronin quotes: And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's?
Justin Cronin quotes: What is left when there is no love? A rope and rock. What is left when there is no love? A rope and rock.
Justin Cronin quotes: You are Entering the Red Zone.Proceed at Own Risk.When in Doubt Run. You are Entering the Red Zone.
Proceed at Own Risk.
When in Doubt Run.
Justin Cronin quotes: The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant
Justin Cronin quotes: Don't be afraid to ask if you're on the right train. Don't be afraid to ask if you're on the right train.
Justin Cronin quotes: It was true, what they said about the stars. The more you looked, the more you saw. It was true, what they said about the stars. The more you looked, the more you saw.
Justin Cronin quotes: What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages. What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages.
Justin Cronin quotes: And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction. And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.
Justin Cronin quotes: From small mistakes come great catastrophes; From small mistakes come great catastrophes;
Justin Cronin quotes: How wonderful to be read to. To be carried from this world and into another, born away on words. How wonderful to be read to. To be carried from this world and into another, born away on words.
Justin Cronin quotes: Grief was a place, Sara understood, where a person went alone. Grief was a place, Sara understood, where a person went alone.
Justin Cronin quotes: Wolgast leaned back in his chair and realized how exhausted he was. It always came upon him like this, like the sudden unclenching of a fist. Wolgast leaned back in his chair and realized how exhausted he was. It always came upon him like this, like the sudden unclenching of a fist.
Justin Cronin quotes: Events can seem random while you're living them, but when you look back, what do you see? A chain of coincidences? Plain old luck? Or something more? Events can seem random while you're living them, but when you look back, what do you see? A chain of coincidences? Plain old luck? Or something more?
Justin Cronin quotes: What is home but a place where you are truly known? What is home but a place where you are truly known?
Justin Cronin quotes: It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born. It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.
Justin Cronin quotes: Because that's what heaven is ... it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there. Because that's what heaven is ... it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.
Justin Cronin quotes: Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up. Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up.
Justin Cronin quotes: I should think it a wonderful thing to be missed, the way that I miss him. I should think it a wonderful thing to be missed, the way that I miss him.
Justin Cronin quotes: We are born faithful and afraid, when it should be the opposite; it is life that teaches us how much we stand to lose. We are born faithful and afraid, when it should be the opposite; it is life that teaches us how much we stand to lose.
Justin Cronin quotes: All night his mind seemed to skip over the surface of sleep like a stone upon water, never quite breaking the skin. As All night his mind seemed to skip over the surface of sleep like a stone upon water, never quite breaking the skin. As
Justin Cronin quotes: It's children, he thought, that give us our lives; without them we are nothing, we are here and then gone, like the dust. A It's children, he thought, that give us our lives; without them we are nothing, we are here and then gone, like the dust. A
Justin Cronin quotes: I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer. I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer.
Justin Cronin quotes: There were people who were like this, the ones who could not be ruffled or else didn't show it, who possessed great internal reservoirs of calm. There were people who were like this, the ones who could not be ruffled or else didn't show it, who possessed great internal reservoirs of calm.
Justin Cronin quotes: My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run. My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.
Justin Cronin quotes: I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid. I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid.

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