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title: "2 Desk Quotes By Chelsea Cain"
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> [I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you cannot be sufficiently praised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-finished-heartsick-with-my-daughter-asleep-in-her-bassinet-by-my/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/chelsea-cain-7895_any_i-finished-heartsick-with-my-daughter-as_1462701.png)

> [I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-was-a-library-rat-and-a-bookworm-i-read-all-the-time-i-walked-to/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/chelsea-cain-7895_books_i-was-a-library-rat-and-a-bookworm-i-rea_2855610.png)

## More by Chelsea Cain

> [I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-read-a-lot-of-nancy-drew-books-as-a-kid-and-considered-myself-a-bit/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/you-won-t-make-a-living-writing-until-you-learn-to-write-when-you-don/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [“She'd liked Pearl. Pearl hadn't meant to Tazer Archie. Well, she meant to Tazer him, but how was she supposed to know that her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/she-d-liked-pearl-pearl-hadn-t-meant-to-tazer-archie-well-she-meant/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-was-born-in-iowa-city-and-spent-my-early-childhood-on-a-hippie/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [I often keep my eyes open for bodies. I do. Ever since I was a kid. I think I read too many 'Nancy Drew'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-often-keep-my-eyes-open-for-bodies-i-do-ever-since-i-was-a-kid-i/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-used-to-write-travel-essays-and-i-was-struck-by-how-the-fact-of/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [“Robbins had opened Gabby up. Her charred skin was peeled back, and her ribs were removed. She was pink inside, like steak that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/robbins-had-opened-gabby-up-her-charred-skin-was-peeled-back-and-her/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-am-a-control-freak-but-not-when-i-travel-for-some-reason-when-i/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [“But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/but-people-in-masks-were-always-assholes-it-was-a-scientific-law-give/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [Every year, I give my dad an advance copy of my latest book. He reads it over the next several nights and says something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/every-year-i-give-my-dad-an-advance-copy-of-my-latest-book-he-reads/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's like giving someone a pet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/you-know-what-i-hate-i-hate-people-who-give-me-plants-the-whole/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and work. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-love-to-write-just-about-more-than-anything-but-there-are-times-i/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [“Her body was spattered with tiny bits of the reverend’s flesh and blood, like someone had combined shrimp and tomato soup and then forgot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/her-body-was-spattered-with-tiny-bits-of-the-reverend-s-flesh-and/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/people-read-stuff-over-your-shoulder-when-you-re-in-public-and-when/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

> [There's something about the Pacific Northwest, the scale of it, and the fact that not so long ago people came here and died getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/there-s-something-about-the-pacific-northwest-the-scale-of-it-and-the/)

[Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/)

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