What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes. Harlan Coben
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  1. ..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

  2. I wish i could tell you that through the tragedy i mined some undiscovered, life-altering absolute that i could pass on to you. I didn't. The cliches apply-people are what count, life is precious, materialism is over rated, and the little things matter, live in...

  3. It's not the dead even. They're gone. Nothing you can do about that. It's what's left behind - the echo. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>These woods you're walking through. There are some old timers who think a sound echoes here forever. Makes sense when you think about...

  4. There are various theories about why the years seem to pass faster as you get older. The most popular is also the most obvious. As you get older, each year is a smaller percentage of your life. If you are ten years old, a year...

  5. A dancer on break approached him. She smiled. Each tooth was angled in a different direction, as if her mouth were the masterwork of a mad orthodontist. "Hi, " she said. "Hi." "You're really cute." "I don't have any money." She spun and walked away....

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