Lauren Tarshis Quotes

#1. Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right away. If you work at it, you will improve.

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#2. Colleen had this idea -- a faded, crumpled, smudged idea -- that being nice counted for something.

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#3. 2,668 people are still missing Nearly

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#4. Hitler takes his own life.

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#5. There were nine dogs on the Titanic. They stayed in kennels, but their owners could take them out onto the decks for walks. Two Pomeranians and one Pekingese survived with their masters.

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#6. He stared at his dog, his beautiful ugly dog who was soaking wet and covered with dirt and grime, whose tongue was hanging out of his mouth. Where had he come from? Zeke licked Dex again. Dex

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#7. There's no room in a small town for grudges.

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#8. In quiet moments, I love to read.

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#9. The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.

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#10. But eleven-year-old Max Rosen was determined to stay alive.

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#11. That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what.

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#12. There are plenty of bad people in the world," he said. "Too many to count. But there are good people, too.

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#13. Tower of London, where they used to chop off your head if the king didn't like you.

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#14. SHARK KILLS SECOND BATHER IN NEW JERSEY JULY 7, 1916 SPRING LAKE, NEW JERSEY

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#15. Sometimes we must all fall out of a tree.

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#16. Dylan had helped Dex get the bed set up, and of course they made it right, the SEAL way. They'd even smiled at each other, the kind of smiles they used to share back when they'd been best friends. It seemed the tornado had broken down that wall that had risen up between them. And

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#17. Cars and trucks were everywhere but parked in driveways. They were crushed in the middle of the street, flipped upside down, wrapped around poles. And

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#18. Being in love is one of the most powerful experiences anyone can have. I think that's why we have crushes when we're younger. Maybe it's how we get ready for real love.

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#19. The girls smiled and swayed as though Colleen's happiness was their favorite song.

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