Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Moon was from somewhere up east, the kind of place where consonants took on a life of their own. In addition to… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“She had seen this before. She knew that you could put it all in a little box and close it up later, that… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“Moon was from somewhere up east, the kind of place where consonants took on a life of their own. In addition to this, she… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“a large chifforobe wedged into a small closet that their mother said they’d have to pay Tom Robinson a nickel to bust up.” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
