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> [Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/donald-westlake-s-parker-novels-are-among-the-small-number-of-books-i/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

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## More by Lawrence Block

> [If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/if-fate-sends-you-a-lemon-use-it-to-make-lemonade/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [“She made love with the freshness of an impatient virgin and the ingenuity of a sex-scarred whore.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/she-made-love-with-the-freshness-of-an-impatient-virgin-and-the/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [“that would have hidden the decades of filth that had left their stamp upon the wooden floor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/that-would-have-hidden-the-decades-of-filth-that-had-left-their-stamp/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/serendipity-look-for-something-find-something-else-and-realize-that/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/and-as-long-as-you-can-make-yourself-go-on-choosing-the-pain-over-the/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/i-don-t-plan-an-awful-lot-in-life-just-as-i-don-t-plan-an-awful-lot/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [“Your unconscious mind takes the things you can’t handle and plays with them while you sleep until some of the sharp corners are worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/your-unconscious-mind-takes-the-things-you-can-t-handle-and-plays/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/dangerous-thing-giving-humanity-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil-and/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/back-then-before-it-became-clear-that-democracy-was-best-served-by-a/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/i-ve-tried-writing-and-the-sentences-come-out-fine-but-i-write-a-few/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/as-a-friend-of-mine-herself-a-writer-says-people-who-spend-the-most/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [“My crime seemed destined to remain a secret forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/my-crime-seemed-destined-to-remain-a-secret-forever/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [“you have a better chance to get pregnant if you keep your knees way up and stay that way as long as you can.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/you-have-a-better-chance-to-get-pregnant-if-you-keep-your-knees-way/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [I can’t persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/i-can-t-persuade-myself-that-one-of-the-problems-facing-the-planet/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

> [Man, I so sick of dinosaurs. They wasn't extinct, I'd go out an' kill 'em myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/man-i-so-sick-of-dinosaurs-they-wasn-t-extinct-i-d-go-out-an-kill-em/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

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