"So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that."

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"Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people."

"I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse."Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard!"

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"My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel."

"I didn't yet know that romantic heroes-famous and not-are usually aimless nomads in disguise."

"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

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"He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing."