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Karin Slaughter quotes: I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty. I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
Karin Slaughter quotes: He said that children always have different parents, even in the same family. He said that children always have different parents, even in the same family.
Karin Slaughter quotes: But they soften you in ways you can't imagine. It's so unexpected. They just smooth out your hard lines. But they soften you in ways you can't imagine. It's so unexpected. They just smooth out your hard lines.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody. I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
Karin Slaughter quotes: People just dump their trash here and don't even care about who has to pick it up. Like they think the trash fairy's gonna do it or something. People just dump their trash here and don't even care about who has to pick it up. Like they think the trash fairy's gonna do it or something.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me. I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Her capacity for detail was astounding, if not highly annoying during arguments. Her capacity for detail was astounding, if not highly annoying during arguments.
Karin Slaughter quotes: A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer. A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.
Karin Slaughter quotes: No matter what happened to you, no matter what horrors you endured when you were taken away, you will always be my pretty little girl. No matter what happened to you, no matter what horrors you endured when you were taken away, you will always be my pretty little girl.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Reading is power. Reading is life. Reading is power. Reading is life.
Karin Slaughter quotes: You are an enigma wrapped in a sticky bun. You are an enigma wrapped in a sticky bun.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I hadn't planned on sounding like J.J. from Good Times, but that's the gist. I hadn't planned on sounding like J.J. from Good Times, but that's the gist.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Because I said so." She paused again. "Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful. Because I said so." She paused again. "Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.
Karin Slaughter quotes: It was odd how you could love something so much, but forget about it when it wasn't right under your nose. It was odd how you could love something so much, but forget about it when it wasn't right under your nose.
Karin Slaughter quotes: People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same. People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.
Karin Slaughter quotes: She had felt capable of anything. She had felt capable of anything.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to. I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile. Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Jeffrey felt too blindsided Jeffrey felt too blindsided
Karin Slaughter quotes: I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died. I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Broken:Never underestimate the power of a shared history. Broken:
Never underestimate the power of a shared history.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I still want it to die. Like immediately. With fire. I still want it to die. Like immediately. With fire.
Karin Slaughter quotes: It's very important for your life to have meaning. Even on the days it makes you unhappy, you still need a purpose. It's very important for your life to have meaning. Even on the days it makes you unhappy, you still need a purpose.
Karin Slaughter quotes: The older sister could have been an overachiever who cast the kind of shadow in which nothing could grow. The older sister could have been an overachiever who cast the kind of shadow in which nothing could grow.
Karin Slaughter quotes: People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it. People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
Karin Slaughter quotes: My court-appointed therapist would say I was trying to fill a hole." "Is that what you call your vagina?" Claire chuckled under her breath. My court-appointed therapist would say I was trying to fill a hole." "Is that what you call your vagina?" Claire chuckled under her breath.
Karin Slaughter quotes: No amount of flowers or pretty compliments could ever measure up to a man who did housework. No amount of flowers or pretty compliments could ever measure up to a man who did housework.
Karin Slaughter quotes: As Kate had told her Oma the night before, there was no society more viciously controlled by rumor than your local police force. As Kate had told her Oma the night before, there was no society more viciously controlled by rumor than your local police force.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I loved him. I know you don't want to believe that, but I really, truly, giddy, heart-breaking, longing, achingly loved him. I loved him. I know you don't want to believe that, but I really, truly, giddy, heart-breaking, longing, achingly loved him.
Karin Slaughter quotes: If you wanted to know shit about a woman, all you had to do was ask the woman who was pretending to be her friend. If you wanted to know shit about a woman, all you had to do was ask the woman who was pretending to be her friend.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life. I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I had experienced a TIA, which of course further infuriated your mother (she has always been hostile to abbreviation). I had experienced a TIA, which of course further infuriated your mother (she has always been hostile to abbreviation).
Karin Slaughter quotes: Will had found out the hard way that it's nearly impossible to go to sleep with a flatulent Chihuahua sharing your pillow. Will had found out the hard way that it's nearly impossible to go to sleep with a flatulent Chihuahua sharing your pillow.
Karin Slaughter quotes: When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way. I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.
Karin Slaughter quotes: He was safe because she would never really give all of herself to him." "I He was safe because she would never really give all of herself to him." "I
Karin Slaughter quotes: A man who has grown up in an orphanage cannot take a dog to the pound.Even if it is a Chihuahua. A man who has grown up in an orphanage cannot take a dog to the pound.

Even if it is a Chihuahua.
Karin Slaughter quotes: He shrugged. "Are you going to answer me?" "You told me to shut up. He shrugged. "Are you going to answer me?" "You told me to shut up.
Karin Slaughter quotes: The only reason my daughter has not come home is because someone is keeping her." Keeping her. The only reason my daughter has not come home is because someone is keeping her." Keeping her.
Karin Slaughter quotes: [On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages. [On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Nancy's last sentence is on the last page in your file. There is nothing more we know. As the sheriff might say, we don't have anything farther. Nancy's last sentence is on the last page in your file. There is nothing more we know. As the sheriff might say, we don't have anything farther.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder. Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls. Sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.
Karin Slaughter quotes: He was playing chess and she was sucking at checkers. He was playing chess and she was sucking at checkers.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.
Karin Slaughter quotes: The spiral stairs looked like a robot's asshole. The spiral stairs looked like a robot's asshole.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life. Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.
Karin Slaughter quotes: snorted coke because a boyfriend told her snorted coke because a boyfriend told her
Karin Slaughter quotes: When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing. When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Trust me, sweetheart, there is a reason centuries of fathers have fought brutal wars to protect the concept of Immaculate Conception. Trust me, sweetheart, there is a reason centuries of fathers have fought brutal wars to protect the concept of Immaculate Conception.
Karin Slaughter quotes: She felt it snap into her head like a slide loading into a projector. She felt it snap into her head like a slide loading into a projector.
Karin Slaughter quotes: If you have to say you're not doing something, then you probably are. If you have to say you're not doing something, then you probably are.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I'm not somebody who believes in evil. I'm not somebody who believes in evil.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story. I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful. Claire Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful. Claire
Karin Slaughter quotes: Dyadic completion," Paul would've told Claire. "The human brain tends to assume that, if there's a victim, there has to be a villain. Dyadic completion," Paul would've told Claire. "The human brain tends to assume that, if there's a victim, there has to be a villain.
Karin Slaughter quotes: You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog. You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Claire jumped right into the story. "There was a Thunderbolt cable Claire jumped right into the story. "There was a Thunderbolt cable
Karin Slaughter quotes: When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime. When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Holy shit." Nolan's tone was reverential. Claire had seen men get harder over Paul's garage than they ever got over a woman. Holy shit." Nolan's tone was reverential. Claire had seen men get harder over Paul's garage than they ever got over a woman.
Karin Slaughter quotes: You are my child. I am your mother." Helen sounded resolute. "I won't apologize for doing my job. You are my child. I am your mother." Helen sounded resolute. "I won't apologize for doing my job.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.' Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
Karin Slaughter quotes: I've always been drawn to historical fiction. I've always been drawn to historical fiction.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Forever was never as long as you thought it was. Forever was never as long as you thought it was.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Paul. She hadn't just watched him die. She had taken in his death like a hummingbird drawing nectar. Paul. She hadn't just watched him die. She had taken in his death like a hummingbird drawing nectar.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty. Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.
Karin Slaughter quotes: You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look. You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Dee came out of her room and gave Lydia the greatest gift a teenage daughter can ever give her mother: she had agreed with her. Dee came out of her room and gave Lydia the greatest gift a teenage daughter can ever give her mother: she had agreed with her.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Why did it have to be her? Why did it have to be her?
Karin Slaughter quotes: Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity. Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.
Karin Slaughter quotes: It was like she was standing on the beach in the middle of a hurricane. It was like she was standing on the beach in the middle of a hurricane.
Karin Slaughter quotes: My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more. My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature. I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor. I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.
Karin Slaughter quotes: The thing about having a bad reputation is that folks will believe just about anything people say about you. The thing about having a bad reputation is that folks will believe just about anything people say about you.
Karin Slaughter quotes: [ ... ]but instead of apologizing, I said, 'It's your own fault for playing tennis. [ ... ]but instead of apologizing, I said, 'It's your own fault for playing tennis.
Karin Slaughter quotes: I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
Karin Slaughter quotes: the great thing about lying was people believed it so long as the lie was close enough to the truth. Lena the great thing about lying was people believed it so long as the lie was close enough to the truth. Lena
Karin Slaughter quotes: You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time
Karin Slaughter quotes: My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes. My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much. Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Place. This is how Place. This is how
Karin Slaughter quotes: Slicing off your retinas and sticking them into Slicing off your retinas and sticking them into
Karin Slaughter quotes: Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
Karin Slaughter quotes: cunt on the blackboard. cunt on the blackboard.
Karin Slaughter quotes: He had always told her that winners only competed with themselves. He had always told her that winners only competed with themselves.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Dr. Monroe and I realized very gradually that drug addiction is a terminal disease. It is a cancer that eats families alive. Dr. Monroe and I realized very gradually that drug addiction is a terminal disease. It is a cancer that eats families alive.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Anybody could be smart. It took a special somebody to be clever. Anybody could be smart. It took a special somebody to be clever.
Karin Slaughter quotes: Older and she always got to drive. She opened Older and she always got to drive. She opened
Karin Slaughter quotes: I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.' I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
Karin Slaughter quotes: I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
Karin Slaughter quotes: As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

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