“I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.” PeopleWantFeelsBookIdeasStoriesBitsReaderDisappearGet BackInterruptions Author:Bernard Beckett
“Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.” PeopleFearChanceAcceptingGreaterUltimateMonstersMidstMisfortunesAttributesSchemesInsignificance Author:Bernard Beckett
“The more the media peddled fear, the more the people lost the ability to believe in one another. For every new ill that befell them, the media created an explanation, and the explanation always had a face and a name. The people came to fear even their closest neighbors. At the level of the individual, the community, and the nation, people sought signs of others’ ill intentions; and everywhere they looked, they found them, for this is what looking does.” PeopleBelieveDoeFacesFoundNamesIndividualLostNationsCommunityAbilityLevelsMediaIntentionIllNeighborExplanationClosest Author:Bernard Beckett
