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Kami Garcia, born on March 25, 1972, is a renowned American author known for her works in fantasy and young adult literature. Her books have gained widespread popularity among readers.

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“Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard.”

Writing Book Hard Turns Writing A Book

Author:Kami Garcia

“The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3.”

Kind Mean Book Hardest Chapters

Author:Kami Garcia

“My mom was there, in some form, in some sense, in some universe. My mom was still my mom, even if she only lived in books and door locks and the smell of fried tomatoes and old paper. She lived.”

Ifs Stills Book Form Universe Doors Mom Paper My Mom Smell Locks Tomatoes

Book:Beautiful Creatures: The Complete Series

Source: Beautiful Creatures: The Complete Series

“I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't give you the answers.”

Giving I Can Book Answers Librarian Beautiful Creatures

Author:Kami Garcia

“Any book is a Good Book, and wherever they keep the Good Book safe is also the House a the Lord.”

Book House Lord Safe Good Book

Book:Beautiful Creatures

Source: Beautiful Creatures

“The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I was a little boy, wandering around the stacks, pulling out every book with a picture of a pirate ship, a knight, a soldier, or an astronaut. My mom used to say, "This is my church, Ethan. This is how we keep the Sabbath holy in our family.”

“Are you kidding? I'm supposed to put my books in this filthy tin coffin?”

Book Coffins Filthy Tin

Author:Kami Garcia

“Books?" Ridley looked disgusted. "Carry?”

Book Disgusted

Book:Beautiful Chaos

Source: Beautiful Chaos

“When she slept, she looked peaceful, beautiful. Not Lena's kind of beautiful, something different. She looked content - like a sunny day, a cold glass of milk, an unopened book before you cracked the binding.”

Kind Book Different Beautiful Cold Glasses Peaceful Milk Sunny Cracked Binding Sunny Day

Author:Kami Garcia

“You couldn't unburn the books. You could only buy new ones.”

Book

Author:Kami Garcia

“No, books. She would have maybe twenty going at a time, lying all over our house--on the kitchen table, by her bed, the bathroom, our car, her bags, a little stack at the edge of each stair. And she'd use anything she could find for a bookmark. My missing sock, an apple core, her reading glasses, another book, a fork.”

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Author:Kami Garcia

“You need help, and that's what books are for.”

Needs Book Helping Need Help

Author:Kami Garcia

“I wanted to find a place to hide from all of it, where the nightmares and the rivers and reality couldn't find me. For me, that place was always inside a book.”

Book Reality Wanted Rivers Nightmare Find Me

Author:Kami Garcia

“Until then, you can do what everyone else your age does. Listen to music. Watch the television. Just keep your nose away from those books.”

Doe Book Age Can Do Watches Television Noses Listening To Music Ethan Wate Lena Duchannes

Book:Beautiful Creatures: The Complete Series

Source: Beautiful Creatures: The Complete Series

“Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian." Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Casting. My Mom Wants to Kill Me: A Self-Help Book For Teens.”

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Author:Kami Garcia

“It smelled like aging wood and creosote, plastic book covers, and old paper. Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.”

Book Used Mom Paper Aging My Mom Woods Smell Plastic Book Covers

Author:Kami Garcia

“A little known fact: I read all the time. books were the one thing that got me out of Gatlin, even if it was only for a little while.”

Ifs Littles Book Facts Known One Thing

Author:Kami Garcia

“Here’s the million-dollar question: how are you going to write this book if you’re afraid to start writing? Give your friend Doubt a name, and then block his calls.”

Ifs Giving Writing Book Names Millions Doubt Dollars Block Million Dollars

Author:Kami Garcia

About the Author

Born: March 25, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 300

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