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> [These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one should forget about it as quickly as possible and pick up where you left off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/these-days-there-are-a-great-many-books-about-childhood-trauma-and/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

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## More by Peter Straub

> [I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/i-had-a-connoisseur-s-appreciation-of-fear/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/as-soon-as-i-started-writing-julia-by-which-i-mean-while-writing-its/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/an-average-working-day-begins-at-8-or-9-am-includes-an-hour-for-lunch/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/however-i-think-i-managed-to-reach-a-new-level-with-koko-and-i-will/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/everyone-wants-to-get-better-as-they-go-along-but-sometimes-it-s-all/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [Each new book is a tremendous challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/each-new-book-is-a-tremendous-challenge/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [Close your mouth and get out of the way, because here comes Kelly Link, than whom no one is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/close-your-mouth-and-get-out-of-the-way-because-here-comes-kelly-link/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/on-gym-days-i-don-t-get-to-my-desk-until-4-in-the-afternoon-and/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/human-beings-across-every-culture-i-know-about-require-such-stories/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/god-in-the-orthodox-view-causes-famine-plague-and-flood-was-god-evil/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/the-world-is-full-of-ghosts-and-some-of-them-are-still-people/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [“I know this doesn't make sense, but if we ever did this before, exactly this, with you sitting over there and me here, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/i-know-this-doesn-t-make-sense-but-if-we-ever-did-this-before-exactly/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [“It was incomprehensible to Ricky that anyone could find Milburn boring: if you watched it closely for seventy years, you saw the century at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/it-was-incomprehensible-to-ricky-that-anyone-could-find-milburn/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/my-first-real-breakthrough-collided-with-the-last-months-of-callaghan/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/these-days-there-are-a-great-many-books-about-childhood-trauma-and/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

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