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> [Hope was a dangerous emotion that more often than not led men into foolishness and peril, made them risk their lives and lose their wives and part with fortunes that they never recovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/hope-was-a-dangerous-emotion-that-more-often-than-not-led-men-into/)

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## More by Bentley Little

> [“No one said a word; it was as if they were waiting for me to retract my question. Jan's hand found mine and held…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/no-one-said-a-word-it-was-as-if-they-were-waiting-for-me-to-retract/)

[Bentley Little](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bentley-little/)

> [I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/i-always-thought-the-appeal-for-vampires-are-the-same-as-religion-the/)

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> [I write horror because I enjoy it. I'm endlessly fascinated by the supernatural, by death, by darkness. And, to be honest, I don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/i-write-horror-because-i-enjoy-it-i-m-endlessly-fascinated-by-the/)

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> [The Revelation was my master's project, and after I finished it, I thought I'd send it off to a publisher and within a year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/the-revelation-was-my-master-s-project-and-after-i-finished-it-i/)

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> [Most people are middle class. Most people do wish their lives were better than they are. And I think by making my main characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/most-people-are-middle-class-most-people-do-wish-their-lives-were/)

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> [“This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/this-can-t-be-constitutional-he-said-this-is-america-damn-it-we-still/)

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> [“I thought I’d been getting along fine with the weekend visits and occasional summer sleepovers, but suddenly I was aware of all I’d missed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/i-thought-i-d-been-getting-along-fine-with-the-weekend-visits-and/)

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> [Real life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn't always have time to do or say the right things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/real-life-was-messier-than-fiction-and-in-it-you-didn-t-always-have/)

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> [There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/there-were-shadows-galore-in-the-dim-light-but-there-was-one-shadow/)

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> [I think readers appreciate those of us who stay in the trenches and fight the good fight even when times get tough. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/i-think-readers-appreciate-those-of-us-who-stay-in-the-trenches-and/)

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> [I think the internet is a great marketing tool--but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/i-think-the-internet-is-a-great-marketing-tool-but-marketing-is-not/)

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> [Like most authors, I'm a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access, I would waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/like-most-authors-i-m-a-raging-egomaniac-i-know-that-about-myself-and/)

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> [In real life, good people die all the time and a\*\*holes can live long and happy lives. It's a crapshoot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/in-real-life-good-people-die-all-the-time-and-a-holes-can-live-long/)

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> [Horror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can--plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/horror-writers-can-write-about-everything-in-the-real-world-that-a/)

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> [Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/murder-is-an-inherently-evil-act-no-matter-what-the-circumstances-no/)

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