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“The Revelation was my master's project, and after I finished it, I thought I'd send it off to a publisher and within a year or so be a rich and famous writer. Two years later I finally sold it. For a whopping $4,000. A year after that, it finally came out. Which explains why there are all those terrible jobs on my resume!”

Quote by Bentley Little

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Bentley Little, born in 1960, is a renowned American horror novelist. His works are known for their unique atmosphere and tense plots, which have won him a large following among readers. more

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“There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.”

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“In real life, good people die all the time and a**holes can live long and happy lives. It's a crapshoot.”

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“If there's any mystery to me at all, it's probably due to the fact that I'm not online and don't go to conventions--which means that I'm probably not as accessible to fans as most writers are these days. If that makes me seem like a weird recluse, so be it.”

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“Horror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can--plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for metaphor imaginable.”

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“Help, then, is the ballast that keeps us steady, that recognizes where along the path are the dangers and pitfalls that can throw us off; hope tempers fear so we can recognize dangers and then bypass or endure them.”

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Book:The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

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