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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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Painful memories didn't just ease back in-they shoved the door open hard, all of them and all at once
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I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.
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That’s the problem with falling in love. It makes you start talking like a bad country song
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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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Sure, on a larger scale, it was healthy to have people out there you cared about more than yourself. She knew that. But then there was the abject fear you would lose it. They say possessions own you. Not so. Loved ones own you. You are forever held hostage once you care so much.
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I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.
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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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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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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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I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.
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