"It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me."

-- Jeff Abbott

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“There would be a trial and there would be a judge. The only problem was, there could only be one sentence.”
“It's just common sense that if you only have one candidate remaining, the apparatus of government should be responsive enough to accommodate that and not spend any more taxpayer money,.”
“Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense,that tho' she guide his highest flight heav'nward, and teach himdignity morals manners and human comfort,she can delicatly and dangerously bedizenthe rioting joys that fringe the sad pathways of Hell.”
“The history of discovery is full of creative serendipity.”

Source : Tom Kelley, David Kelley (2013). “Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All”, p.123, Crown Business
“A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.”
“I love working with horses. People say you shouldn't work with animals and children; that's wrong. You must only work with children, because you only work eight hours a day and I love working with animals. Animals have an honesty that human beings reach to find in their lives at the best of times.”
“I want my daughter to be proud of me and look up to me. I think early on in my pregnancy I realized that to be the mom I want to be, I had to change my life, and that's what I'm doing.”

Source : "Holly Madison Reveals How Pregnancy Has Changed Her (For The Better!)". Interview with Elena Donovan Mauer, www.thebump.com. January 15, 2013.
“I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once.”

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