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> [I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring dark subjects into the open where they are not so dark, where they can be talked about and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/i-think-the-value-in-books-like-mine-and-a-great-number-by-other/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

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## More by Chris Crutcher

> [I think when you’re dying you start looking for important things in the corners. You can’t let anything that seems even semi-important pass, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/i-think-when-you-re-dying-you-start-looking-for-important-things-in/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [“The distances across that atom, in relative measure, are the same as the distances across the universe. So there is no big and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/the-distances-across-that-atom-in-relative-measure-are-the-same-as/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [No amount of effort could have stopped that, because our points of view - the way we perceive things - are inextricably linked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/no-amount-of-effort-could-have-stopped-that-because-our-points-of/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [If someone's different from you and it scares you or makes you mad, that's God telling you to take a closer look. If you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/if-someone-s-different-from-you-and-it-scares-you-or-makes-you-mad/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking. I often feel like I have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/certainly-working-with-teens-keeps-me-up-to-date-with-language-and/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [Beware the short terminal guy with nothing to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/beware-the-short-terminal-guy-with-nothing-to-lose/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/we-can-say-we-love-each-other-if-my-life-is-better-because-you-re-in/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [“Love, in the universal sense, is unconditional acceptance. In the individual sense, the one-on-one sense, try this: we can say we love each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/love-in-the-universal-sense-is-unconditional-acceptance-in-the/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [We get crazy when we can't make things be like the world tells us they are". She looked back out the window. "It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/we-get-crazy-when-we-can-t-make-things-be-like-the-world-tells-us/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [It seems to me if you don't know anything about child development you shouldn't intimate in your 'reporting' that you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/it-seems-to-me-if-you-don-t-know-anything-about-child-development-you/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [“See, Mr. Nak'll be talking about how anger comes creeping up, hoping you're not paying attention so it can trick you into something really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/see-mr-nak-ll-be-talking-about-how-anger-comes-creeping-up-hoping-you/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .” “Because experience is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/so-you-didn-t-tell-me-it-was-a-messed-up-idea-to-keep-this-all-a/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/you-have-to-be-careful-not-to-use-anything-too-colloquial-or-you-date/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [“A student asked me recently why somebody always dies in my books. I said, because somebody is always dying in my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/a-student-asked-me-recently-why-somebody-always-dies-in-my-books-i/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [“Tonight sometime the full reality will dawn on him, but he's like me: the guy you want at the site where the plane went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/tonight-sometime-the-full-reality-will-dawn-on-him-but-he-s-like-me/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

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