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Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie Ma...more

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Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each re...more

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I just want to domething that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

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You get caught in being something, being cool or special or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do

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It's funny how they thought we were dating," Colin said, glancing over at her."How's that funny?" she asked, holding his gaze."Um," he said. Distracte...more

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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

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You can love someone so much… But you can never love someone as much as you miss them.

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...getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring.They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afte...more

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That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.

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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think t...more

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The feeling of loving her and being loved by her welled up in him, and he could taste the adrenaline in the back of his throat, and maybe it wasn't ov...more

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Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? I mean, I've always felt like the Katherines dump me right...more

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Hey, it’s Col. I’m standing in a soybean field outside of Gutshot, Tennessee, which is a long story, and it’s hot. K. I’m standing here sweating like ...more

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Sorry," I said to the Duke."Eh, it's not your fault. It's Carla's fault. You were turning the wheel. Carla just wasn't listening. I knew I shouldn't h...more

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There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, and then all at once it gets awkward. All at once, she sees you looking at her...more