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Robert Cormier quotes: They tell you to do your own thing but they don't mean it. They don't want you to do your thing, not unless it happens to be their thing, too.

They tell you to do your own thing but they don't mean it. They don't want you to do your thing, not unless it happens to be their thing, too.

Robert Cormier quotes: I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

Robert Cormier quotes: Go get your bus, square boy.

Go get your bus, square boy.

Robert Cormier quotes: A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.

A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.

Robert Cormier quotes: They murdered him.

They murdered him.

Robert Cormier quotes: Happiness is a way of traveling and not a destination

Happiness is a way of traveling and not a destination

Robert Cormier quotes: Pluck my heartFrom my fleshAnd eat it.....

Pluck my heart
From my flesh
And eat it.....

Robert Cormier quotes: He closed the locker quickly so no one would see the damage. For some reason, he felt ashamed.

He closed the locker quickly so no one would see the damage. For some reason, he felt ashamed.

Robert Cormier quotes: Nothing glamorous like the write-ups in the papers or the newsreels. We weren't heroes. We were only there ...

Nothing glamorous like the write-ups in the papers or the newsreels. We weren't heroes. We were only there ...

Robert Cormier quotes: I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book.

I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book.

Robert Cormier quotes: Eric Poole began with cats. Or, to be more exact, kittens.

Eric Poole began with cats. Or, to be more exact, kittens.

Robert Cormier quotes: Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence.

Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence.

Robert Cormier quotes: I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

Robert Cormier quotes: Ray Bannister started to build the guillotine the day Jerry Renault returned to Monument.

Ray Bannister started to build the guillotine the day Jerry Renault returned to Monument.

Robert Cormier quotes: Eat my heartChew it hardSwallow my soul, too

Eat my heart
Chew it hard
Swallow my soul, too

Robert Cormier quotes: They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too.

They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too.

Robert Cormier quotes: It came to me that hell would not be fire and smoke after all but arctic, everything white and frigid. Hell would be not anger but indifference.

It came to me that hell would not be fire and smoke after all but arctic, everything white and frigid. Hell would be not anger but indifference.

Robert Cormier quotes: I wonder if it's a special sin to lie to a nun

I wonder if it's a special sin to lie to a nun

Robert Cormier quotes: You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

Robert Cormier quotes: And he did seethat life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.

And he did see
that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.

Robert Cormier quotes: A smile for all the stupid people out there with bleeding hearts for serial killers.

A smile for all the stupid people out there with bleeding hearts for serial killers.

Robert Cormier quotes: The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

Robert Cormier quotes: The cheese stands aloneThe cheese stands aloneHeigh-ho the merry-oThe cheese stands alone

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Heigh-ho the merry-o
The cheese stands alone

Robert Cormier quotes: Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

Robert Cormier quotes: You bring up your children to be self-reliant and independent and they double-cross you and become self-reliant and independent.

You bring up your children to be self-reliant and independent and they double-cross you and become self-reliant and independent.

Robert Cormier quotes: At some point in life, we learn our limitations, the distances we can we can travel and the boarders we will never cross. And we go from there.

At some point in life, we learn our limitations, the distances we can we can travel and the boarders we will never cross. And we go from there.

Robert Cormier quotes: That's what Archie did - built a house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else.

That's what Archie did - built a house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else.

Robert Cormier quotes: I'm weary of the battle. But a tired fighter can still be a fighter.

I'm weary of the battle. But a tired fighter can still be a fighter.

Robert Cormier quotes: It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.

It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.

Robert Cormier quotes: All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street.

All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street.

Robert Cormier quotes: I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

Robert Cormier quotes: Don't miss the bus, boy. You're missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.

Don't miss the bus, boy. You're missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.

Robert Cormier quotes: Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.

Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.

Robert Cormier quotes: There was nothing more beautiful in the world than the sight of a teacher getting upset.

There was nothing more beautiful in the world than the sight of a teacher getting upset.

Robert Cormier quotes: Pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it.

Pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it.

Robert Cormier quotes: People throw the word love around like confetti when they actually mean affection.

People throw the word love around like confetti when they actually mean affection.

Robert Cormier quotes: I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

Robert Cormier quotes: I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

Robert Cormier quotes: It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

Robert Cormier quotes: You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity.

You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity.

Robert Cormier quotes: I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.