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And he did see--that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.

Robert Cormier

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Robert Cormier
Age: 75 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 17
Died: 2000
Died: November 2
Author
Journalist
Writer
Bay State
Robert Edmund Cormier
Hero
Anybody
Couldn
Trust
Even
Really
Life
Rotten
Heroes

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I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.
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It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.
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You bring up your children to be self-reliant and independent and they double-cross you and become self-reliant and independent.
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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.
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I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book.
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I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.
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There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.
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We often think that tragedies happen because of great earthquakes in people's lives. I think they sometimes occur because of small things that become obsessive to a particular person.
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I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant. I can smell it from here. It must offend a lot of people. That's the truth. But how many people have told you that? Instead, they either lie or try to avoid your company.
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I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.
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You have to accept the critical reviews if they treat you with respect. Actually, it's one person's opinion. So, it's a concern but not an overriding one, and I don't stay up nights worrying about reviews. But there are certain people I respect who I hope will like a book.
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You hope that people read your book and say Yes, this is the way it is or could be. But then you have no way of knowing until the reader reads the book. Actually, the critical response doesn't worry me. I've had very few reviews that have upset me.
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Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence.
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I am frightened by today's world, terrified by it. I think that comes out in the books. I'm afraid of big things. Some of these schools have three thousand kids, and even the size of the schools frightens me. Big government frightens me so does big defense.
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I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're writing something for themselves.
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