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Im 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some point will realize: We are all always 17 years old, waiting for our lives to begin.
Harlan Coben
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Harlan Coben
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 4
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Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.
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Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.
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...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers
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There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.
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If I had, say, a tall, amateur male lead living on the campus of a rural college (Six Years), the next book might feature a short, cop who lives in the heart of Manhattan (Missing You).
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.
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