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Justin Cronin is an American author known for his science fiction novels. His works often blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, winning him a dedicated fan base. Born in 1962, Cronin's most notable work is the 'The Passage' trilogy.

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“It was possible, he understood, for a person's life to become just a long series of mistakes, and that the end, when it came, was just one more mistake in a chain of bad choices. The thing was, most of these mistakes were actually borrowed from other people. You took their bad ideas, and for whatever reason, made them your own.”

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“There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling to before the dark currents of memory washed him downstream again, and on brighter days, he could even see himself going on this way for some time. A small but passable life. And then, of course, the end of the world happened.”

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Book:The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)

Source: The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)

“If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.”

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“One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again and again. That is fine if it is what you want to do, but I would rather be locked in the trunk of my car with a weasel than write the same book every three years until I die.”

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Author:Justin Cronin

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Born: 1962
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