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Quote by George Saunders
I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And hes made of sugar. – George Saunders

Other quotes by George Saunders

If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

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Death
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George Saunders
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I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like Im in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life – or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations. – George Saunders

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positive
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George Saunders
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The scariest thought in the world is that someday Ill wake up and realize Ive been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual. – George Saunders

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Fear
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Birthday
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Birthday

The main prank that we play with props is for peoples birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face – thats always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone whos new. – Catherine Bell

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Birthday

I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my childrens birthdays too. – Samantha Bee

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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. – George Bernard Shaw

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Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. – Alphonse Karr

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