Karin Slaughter Quotes

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• I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.
• My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
• I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
• I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
• I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access…
• Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
• Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
• My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
• I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
• Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.
• I busted my chin open trying to be Evel Knievel on my bike. When it happened, you could see straight through to the bone, I…
• Reading is power. Reading is life.
• As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street…

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