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Peter David, born on September 23, 1956, is an American writer whose works span a variety of genres, including comics, novels, and screenplays. David is known for his profound character development and clever plot construction.

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“Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one's plans for it.”

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“In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my case.”

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“Apropos, you're going to have to learn to sooner or later that you can't just let other people decide what the world around you should and shouldn't be.”

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“Noblest. Bravest. What rot. There was no bravery in buying oneself out of difficulty.”

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“I guess it really had been brave . . . because it was so bugger-all stupid, and if there was one thing I'd come to realize, ti was that bravery and bugger-all stupidity went hand in hand.”

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“All people are, at heart, egocentric. We exist at the center of our own little universes. We believe that we are living out our lives as best we can, and that we have our own sphere of influence which exists of both friends and enemies. They in turn have their own friends and enemies with whom they interact. That is a given. But we, each of us, tend to put ourselves ahead of others because we believe that we are significant. We must attend to our own needs, desires, wants, and aspirations, because each of us is our own greatest priority. No one else cares for us as much as we do, no one else can exist in our skin. We think we're important. It is where our sense of self-worth comes up, where our egos reside, where "we" are. And we believe that each of our lives means something.”

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“Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn't from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.”

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“The battered and pathetic thing that represented any claim to conscience I might have had turned away from me in disgust. Oddly, I couldn't blame it. I was disgusted myself. Disgusted at my weakness and my lack of resolution, at my refusal to see justice through in the name of the woman who had borne me.”

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“Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure from which one never recovers.”

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“Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome.”

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“Only in this world of topsy-turvy attitudes could outright stupidity, such as I had displayed, be something that got me high marks. I had an amused glimmering of a notion at that point: If I ever turned out to be a complete and utter fool, I could wind up running the whole kingdom. It was something to consider.”

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“There are some for whom the good of mankind is their primary concern, and others who basically put their own considerations before everyone else. I was among the latter.”

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“Some time later, I sat in the wine cellar, staring at the walls while cradling a wineskin in my lap like a child, murmuring over and over as if lulling the child to sleep, 'I am shat upon. I am shat upon'.”

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“I remember so many things [. . .] The problem is, only half of them are true . . . and the half which is true keeps changing places with the half which is false.”

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“It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.”

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Born: September 23, 1956
Known for: Writer
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