Karin Slaughter Quotes

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• Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
• You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time
• Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.
• Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and…
• Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you…
• Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.
• You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.
• Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her…
• You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.
• Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.
• I can’t—” Lena repeated. “I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.” Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the…
• My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get…
• As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.
• When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
• I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.
• Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.
• I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
• Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers…
• Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
• People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know…

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