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James Frey

(1969) Blogger United States

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James Frey is a blogger from the United States, best known for A million little pieces.

Quick Facts About James Frey

Born: September 12, 1969
Nationality: United States
Profession: Blogger
Notable works: A million little pieces
Known for: Lorien Legacies, A Million Little Pieces, Endgame

About James Frey

James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the books were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated, sparking a media controversy. His 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was similarly a bestseller.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by James Frey · Page 2

Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.

Stills

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Faith is the fool's excuse.

Excuse

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“Life is hard, Kid, you gotta be harder. You gotta take it on and fight for it and be a fucking man…

Life

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I've been alone my whole life, I can't do it anymore.

Life

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For the most profound experiences in our lives and in the world words are worth nothing. Can you describe love Or death…

Broken

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She made me feel better than I have ever felt, better than I imagined I could feel, and it scared me, it…

Feel better

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“Joe asks how long they've been there one of them says fuck off another says a week a third calls him a…

Children

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“The first time I saw you, my heart fell. The second time I saw you, my heart fell. The third time fourth…

First time

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“I want one last look at something beautiful. I want one last look so that I have something to hold in my…

Beauty

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“I dont want to make friends here. Why? I don't like goodbyes.”

Friendship

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Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done…

Done

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“He smiles, even though he knows it will never be like that again, even though he knows the world no longer wants…

Life

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“I think love is a rare thing in the World. If you think you have it with this Girl, then fuck whoever…

Love

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“The Babar the Elephant book is sitting in front of me. I pick it up and start reading it. I remember reading…

Books

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Be patient and wait. Your mud will settle. Your water will be clear.

Be patient

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I just started trying to figure out how to write [something] which was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, and once I…

Book

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I have a great amount of confidence and faith in my abilities to write. There are other areas of my life where…

Ability

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There is no such things as God's word on earth. Or if there is it is not to be found in books.…

Being real

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When I started writing 'A Million Little Pieces,' I felt like it was the right story with the style I had been…

Felt

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“My mind is filled with one thought and it runs through over and over and over.”

Psychology

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Sometimes I really want to believe in God. I really admire, in a lot of ways, people who have faith. I think…

Admire

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I sleep during the day. I still dream about drinking and drugs. Sometimes I wake to a hang-over, sometimes I wake to…

Afternoon

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“People in here, People everywhere, they all want to take their own problems, usually created by themselves, and try to pass them…

Addiction

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I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but…

Alive

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“Words can't say this. The one word 'love' means too little for what it is. It means everything and that is still…

Love

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