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Tawni O'Dell quotes: I've never had any desire to be loved. I prefer being feared. It gets the same results but without any hugging.

I've never had any desire to be loved. I prefer being feared. It gets the same results but without any hugging.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not.

I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.

Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I learned the most important aspect of a mother's love was not the intensity but its reliable consistency.

I learned the most important aspect of a mother's love was not the intensity but its reliable consistency.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures

They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures

Tawni O'Dell quotes: Capitalism is based on the concept that in order for someone to succeed, someone else has to suffer.

Capitalism is based on the concept that in order for someone to succeed, someone else has to suffer.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her worth to herself.

A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her worth to herself.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: When you live in a community where people know you, it makes you want to be good and decent. It's a strong influence.

When you live in a community where people know you, it makes you want to be good and decent. It's a strong influence.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I wanted to end it now, like a bad TV show turned off in the middle.

I wanted to end it now, like a bad TV show turned off in the middle.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.

It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: She's sitting propped up on the

She's sitting propped up on the

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I've decided that the worst part of loneliness isn't being alone. It's being forgotten.

I've decided that the worst part of loneliness isn't being alone. It's being forgotten.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: Nothing shatters the reality of our good intentions like reality.

Nothing shatters the reality of our good intentions like reality.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: People, including me, can get so detached from everything, but when you can focus on a defined place, a home, it gets you back in touch.

People, including me, can get so detached from everything, but when you can focus on a defined place, a home, it gets you back in touch.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: The image I had was that Oprah books were fluffy.

The image I had was that Oprah books were fluffy.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: He doesn't comment on any of the music I play: Sonny Rollins followed by AC/DC followed by the Broadway score from My Fair Lady.

He doesn't comment on any of the music I play: Sonny Rollins followed by AC/DC followed by the Broadway score from My Fair Lady.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.

I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.

I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: You and I have never shared a bank account or a child or a bed. But you are my wife.

You and I have never shared a bank account or a child or a bed. But you are my wife.

Tawni O'Dell quotes: I really, really missed the Pennsylvania countryside and hills.

I really, really missed the Pennsylvania countryside and hills.