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In English, I never did the reading when it was assigned. If a paper was due on Friday, my attitude was, read half the book on Tuesday, the second half on Wednesday, and write the paper Thursday night. Sometimes, I'd just read the Cliff's Notes and skip the book altogether.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Altogether Assigned Attitude Book Cliff Did Due English Friday Half Just Never Night Notes Paper Read Reading Second Skip Sometimes Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Write

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A woman at a bookstore in Brattleboro, Vt., put Castle Freeman Jr.'s novel 'Go With Me' in my hand, and I took it to be nice. 'Yeah I'll probably read five pages,' I thought. But once I started, I could not put it down.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Be Nice Bookstore Castle Could Down Five Freeman Go Hand Me Nice Novel Once Pages Put Read Started Thought Took Woman Yeah

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I never ran away, but I was very unhappy as a teenager. I felt like a complete nonentity, and I very tangibly have memories of not wanting to be here - in my body.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Away Body Complete Felt Here Like Memories Never Ran Teenager Unhappy Very Wanting

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As I matured, I became a smarter person, a more sensitive person, a more thinking person.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Became Matured More Person Sensitive Smarter Thinking

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My grandfather was a pawnbroker, and when I was in first or second grade, my parents opened their own store. I probably learned to count by putting pawn tickets in numerical order in the back room of the shop.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Back Count First Grade Grandfather Learned Opened Order Own Parents Pawn Putting Room Second Shop Store Tickets

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Let's just say I'm a believer in universal, single-payer healthcare insurance.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Believer Healthcare Insurance Just Say Universal

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It's understandable why someone might not want to take on a book they think is emotionally hard.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Book Emotionally Hard Might Someone Take Think Understandable Want Why

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Las Vegas is a great place to be from, not to live in.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Great Great Place Las Vegas Live Place Vegas

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I always thought of Caesars as the gold standard. I had exactly one date in high school, and my father knew someone who got us comped here for the Sammy Davis Jr. show. We heard 'Candy Man,' 'Mr. Bojangles' - the whole list. And then my date and I went off to the dance - homecoming, I think - where she pretty much ignored me.

~Charles Bock

Topics: Always Candy Dance Date Davis Exactly Father Gold Gold Standard Got Had Heard Here High High School Homecoming Ignored Knew List Man Me Much Off Pretty School She Show Someone Standard Then Think Thought Us Where Who Whole I Think Mr

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The literary world is filled with good and generous people. But then that's what writing is all about - empathy.

~Charles Bock

Topics: About Empathy Filled Generous Good Literary People Then World Writing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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