John Scalzi
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When I get high anxiety, I vomit. My mom was so stressed out. Then I found out I was staying in John... 
I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a ba... 
My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension i... 
I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and,... 
I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I ... 
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. 
But I couldn’t say any of this yet. No one answer felt it could contain anything close to the trut... 
From as young as I can remember, I always wanted to be a singer... My mum taught me 'Going Down ... 
Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But wh... 
I'd spend about an hour, my room darkening around me, wondering what the hell happened to make me so... 
But soon I loved her completely and wished to possess her, own her, absorb her, eat her. I wanted he... 
The birthday party was me and her, a whore friend of hers and her pimp, and the cake. 
If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. 
If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit
next to me. 
My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to ... 
All I could say was, "I don't know what to do." I remember her taking me by the shoulders and lookin... 
When I was younger, I could remember anything whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are d... 
I think on my next birthday, I'm going to buy her a present. I think that should be the tradition. T... 
Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... 
I had a great party for my 50th birthday, and I'm having a nice little one this time. But it's sad h... 
Aelin would likely laughed to see him now. The man who had stumbled out of her room after she’d de... 
Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time wh... 
I was really nervous, because I wanted to make sure I’d be a good mom. He’s made me the best per... 
Watching her talk to someone else made me crazy. I was jealous. Ridiculous. I wanted her to know me;... 
…my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on y... 
I think that the lady who is waiting on me at the local diner, who has kids in school and the mouths... 
News, news, news, my gossiping friends,
I have wonderful news to tell,
A lady by me her compli... 
When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church i... 
The single life is bearable to me only through my work in science, but for the long term, it would b... 
Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am. 
I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was ... 
I wanted to drown inside a woman in the feeling and drooling of the love I could give her. I wanted ... 
I don't really remember, but I'm positive that whenever I cried, my mother gave me something... 
I may not remember anything about her, but I would bet her smile was my favorite part of her. 
I may not remember anything about her, but I would bet her smile was my favorite part of her 
Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de ... 
I think actually there's another young lady who would like to do it and so I've got my fingers cross... 
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. 
I remember when I watched 'Hellraiser' with my mother. She cried when she saw my name in the... 
I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone ... 
How could she just leave me here to live without her? I miss her so much. I love her. I want her to ... 
Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, ... 
When I was young, I was the kid who would call my dad from a slumber party to beg him to come pick m... 
I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more ... 
I wanted to tell her that she was the first beautiful thing I had seen in three years. That the sigh... 
I love my mom so much. I don’t care if that’s corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I’m g... 
It slowly began to dawn on me that I had been staring at her for an impossible amount of time. Lost ... 
I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with ... 
Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens. 
By the time I'm 75 and I have a new hip, and my eyes are laser cleaned of cataracts, I wont thin... 
The failure mode of clever is “asshole. 
My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of so... 
Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is al... 
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the mai... 
By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am... 
Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s... 
This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war... 
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. 
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. 
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. 
High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ... 
When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn't b... 
The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobi... 
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the ... 
I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm... 
Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fa... 
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. 
You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw... 
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... 
The prison-industrial complex, poverty, and the school system has more effect on a young black male ... 
Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my... 
As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allot... 
When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent. 
My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers. 
I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the prop... 
Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly li... 
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer ... 
Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. 
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. 
Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. 
If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good. 
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matte... 
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 
I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested i... 
Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. 
Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar. 
It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad y... 
What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks ... 
With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to ... 
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undi... 
Old friends are best. 
I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life. 
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. 
Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your... 
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all... 
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people cal... 
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...