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> [No one in my family had ever even gone to college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/no-one-in-my-family-had-ever-even-gone-to-college/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

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## More by John Searles

> [“I’m thinking I don’t know what I’d possibly write about in a journal,” I told him, even though I knew what he intended. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/i-m-thinking-i-don-t-know-what-i-d-possibly-write-about-in-a-journal/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [I love being able to be a writer. That's what I moved to New York to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/i-love-being-able-to-be-a-writer-that-s-what-i-moved-to-new-york-to-be/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [Everyone has a ghost story, or at least that's how it has always seemed to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/everyone-has-a-ghost-story-or-at-least-that-s-how-it-has-always/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/when-i-first-came-to-new-york-i-would-scream-like-a-girl-and-run-to/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [“What I will say is this: each of us is born into this life with a light inside of us. Some, like yours, burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/what-i-will-say-is-this-each-of-us-is-born-into-this-life-with-a/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [“You know what can make a person possessed, Sylvie? It's not Satan or Lucifer or any of that nonsense. Do you know what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/you-know-what-can-make-a-person-possessed-sylvie-it-s-not-satan-or/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [“Darkness cannot put out the light. It can only make God brighter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/darkness-cannot-put-out-the-light-it-can-only-make-god-brighter/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [No one in my family had ever even gone to college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/no-one-in-my-family-had-ever-even-gone-to-college/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [“Most people, they are afraid to believe in ghosts. Me, i'm afraid not to believe. Because, well, what then? If there really is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/most-people-they-are-afraid-to-believe-in-ghosts-me-i-m-afraid-not-to/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [I usually don't write at night, but there are times where I wake up at 3 in the morning and write all night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/i-usually-don-t-write-at-night-but-there-are-times-where-i-wake-up-at/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [“each of us is born into this life with a light inside of us. Some, like yours, burn brighter than others. You don’t see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/each-of-us-is-born-into-this-life-with-a-light-inside-of-us-some-like/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [My writing is sort of 'Sidney Sheldon meets Anne Tyler.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/my-writing-is-sort-of-sidney-sheldon-meets-anne-tyler/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/i-stayed-at-cosmo-well-beyond-my-internship-moving-up-the-ranks-over/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [I write in the mornings. I get up every morning at about six in the morning and write until nine, hop in the shower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/i-write-in-the-mornings-i-get-up-every-morning-at-about-six-in-the/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

> [I don't write to a genre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searles/i-don-t-write-to-a-genre/)

[John Searles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searles/)

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