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1 " We're going to have such fun, you and I. "
― J.D. Barker , The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
2 " Egy pszichológiai témájú szövegben olvastam az egyetem alatt. Az agy a boldog időszakokat a közelmúltbeli események közé sorolja be. A szörnyű emlékeket viszont hátrasorolja, ezért elfelejtődnek vagy nem lesznek hozzáférhetőek. Ez egy bizonyos védekezési mechanizmus. "
― J.D. Barker
3 " Books are like puppies, they wait for you with unconditional love and welcome you back whenever you return. "
4 " Sometimes the most frightening of thoughts can be found hiding among the shadows of our own minds. "
― J.D. Barker , Forsaken (Shadow Cove Saga, #1)
5 " At one point, all authors are unknown until the day they are not. "
6 " Just when I think I have nothing to say, the characters start to speak. Writing is funny like that. "
7 " You can't play God without being acquainted with the devil "
― J.D. Barker , The Fifth To Die (4MK Thriller, #2)
8 " I’ve been told I write literary popcorn, and I’m fine with that. I always have been. When you read one of my books, you’re never going to find some deep-seated social message or moral code…. I literally get paid to make shit up. Do you really want to take advice from me? "
― J.D. Barker , A Caller's Game
9 " If you don't try, you've already failed. "
10 " Writing can take you to places you’ve never been, introduce you to people you’ve never met, take you back to when you first saw those shadows in your room, when you first heard the sounds mumbling ever so softly from your closet, and it can show you what uttered them. It can scare the hell out of you, and that’s when you know it’s good. "
11 " Growing up, my parents wouldn’t allow a tv in the house. Instead, we took field trips to the library. I remember being eight years old and looking up at all those shelves and wondering how long it would take to read everything. The idea of new worlds, places, and people in every single book all stacked neatly and waiting made the place seem magical. "
12 " Self-preservation and fear are two of the strongest instincts of the human condition. Porter wasn’t sure he wanted to meet the man who possessed neither. "
13 " The wind howled in defiance as viscous clouds suffocated the moon, taking the night as their own. "
14 " Le han quitado tantos trozos de cerebro que podría dedicarse a la política. "
15 " Mizaru significa «no veas el mal», Kikazaru significa «no escuches el mal», e Iwazaru significa «no pronuncies el mal». "
16 " A veces es bueno acordarse de lo malo. Hace que otras cosas no parezcan tan terribles. "
17 " Women were perfectly capable of handling pain but not emotion. Men handled emotion but not pain. The differences were sometimes subtle, but they were there nonetheless. "
18 " We’re not thieves,” Father said. "
19 " Father once told me there was a sweet spot to life between the age of fifteen and sixty-five when you were fully visible to the world—any older and you fade from sight, dimming to obscurity. And "
20 " He loved TV Guide. He never watched television, didn’t need to—he got everything he needed from the magazine "
