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Robert Cormier Quotes

All the stories I’ll ever need are right here on Main Street Picture Quote #1

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations Picture Quote #1

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt ‘safe’ there Picture Quote #1

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt ‘safe’ there Picture Quote #1

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It’s the adults who get upset Picture Quote #1

Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil Picture Quote #1

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The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile Picture Quote #1

I’ve had aunts and uncles who not only haven’t read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer Picture Quote #1

There are moments that stop the heart, that catch the breath, that halt the beat of blood in your veins, and you are suspended in time, held between life and death, and you wait for something to bring you back again Picture Quote #1

...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it Picture Quote #1

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It’s the adults who get upset Picture Quote #1

Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence Picture Quote #1

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It’s amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks Picture Quote #1

People throw the word love around like confetti when they actually mean affection Picture Quote #1

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys? Picture Quote #1

I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book Picture Quote #1

It would be nice to avoid the world, to leave it and all its threats and unhappiness. Not to die or anything like that, but to find a place of solitude and solace Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t trying to get something down on paper Picture Quote #1

They don’t actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it’s their thing too Picture Quote #1

... pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it Picture Quote #1

He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in a world full of strangers Picture Quote #1

Don’t miss the bus, boy. You’re missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus Picture Quote #1

He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page Picture Quote #1

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It doesn’t matter how big the body, it’s what you do with it Picture Quote #1

The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile Picture Quote #1

I’ve had aunts and uncles who not only haven’t read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer Picture Quote #1

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don’t think about how old they are Picture Quote #1

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt Picture Quote #1

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All the stories I’ll ever need are right here on Main Street (Robert Cormier Quotes) I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations (Robert Cormier Quotes) Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt ‘safe’ there. (Robert Cormier Quotes) Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt ‘safe’ there (Robert Cormier Quotes) You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It’s the adults who get upset (Robert Cormier Quotes) Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil (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. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile. (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. (Robert Cormier Quotes) There are moments that stop the heart, that catch the breath, that halt the beat of blood in your veins, and you are suspended in time, held between life and death, and you wait for something to bring you back again. (Robert Cormier Quotes) ...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it. (Robert Cormier Quotes) You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It’s the adults who get upset. (Robert Cormier Quotes) Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence (Robert Cormier Quotes) It’s amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks (Robert Cormier Quotes) People throw the word love around like confetti when they actually mean affection (Robert Cormier Quotes) Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys? (Robert Cormier Quotes) I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book (Robert Cormier Quotes) It would be nice to avoid the world, to leave it and all its threats and unhappiness. Not to die or anything like that, but to find a place of solitude and solace (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 (Robert Cormier Quotes) I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t trying to get something down on paper (Robert Cormier Quotes) They don’t actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it’s their thing too (Robert Cormier Quotes) ... pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it (Robert Cormier Quotes) He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in a world full of strangers (Robert Cormier Quotes) Don’t miss the bus, boy. You’re missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus (Robert Cormier Quotes) He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page (Robert Cormier Quotes) It doesn’t matter how big the body, it’s what you do with it (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. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile (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 (Robert Cormier Quotes) I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don’t think about how old they are (Robert Cormier Quotes) I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt (Robert Cormier Quotes)

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