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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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“A baby was a fact. It was a being with a mind and a nature, and you could feel about it any way you liked, but a baby wouldn't care. Just by existing, it demanded that you believe in a future: the future it would crawl in, walk in, live in. A baby was a piece of time; it was a promise you made that the world made back to you.”

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“We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.”

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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)

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“Kittredge had obviously misjudged her, but he had learned that was the way with most people. The story was never the story, and it surprised you, how much another person could carry.”

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“If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They're rhetorical, not visual, but it's the same move.”

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“Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.”

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“And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.”

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Born: 1962
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