But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, itβs like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes you feel good but then begins to eat you alive, burn you up from within. You canβt just walk away from the fire; it keeps burning. The only way to put it out is to write the book. β¨ Dean Koontz (2003). Lightning, p.152, Penguin
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- I know it's hard being a single mother baby, he said, but we're talking fundamentals here. Homemade cookies are one of the best parts of christmas. It's an absolute fundamental. β¨ Dean Koontz (2002). β¦ βΆ
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