Benjamin Stevenson > Quotes

“People are generally less likeable the more you get to know them. I certainly am.”
― Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

“There are quite a few differences between an Australian Christmas and the stereotypical Northern Hemisphere fare seen in most books and movies. For one thing, we don’t get snow down under. What we do get, in my specific experience, is more murders.”
― Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

“Anyone who sticks with a story this bad has to be innocent, right?”
― Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

“We were blips. But two blips are bigger than one blip.”
― Benjamin Stevenson

“Juliette was okay with you coming?”

“I, uh,” I stumbled. “I didn’t tell her. She doesn’t like it when I get involved with … extramarital murders.”
― Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

“It was just a piece of paper.'
'So's the Declaration of Independence. The Bible. Paper's killed more people than any blade.”
― Benjamin Stevenson, Benjamin Stevenson Collection 3 Books Set

“The rocks in front of us had existed for millions of lifetimes. They would be here when our bones were dust and our books were mulch. We were blips. But two blips are bigger than one blip. I think you know you're onto a good thing when you can apologize without talking.”
― Benjamin Stevenson

“We all have imposter syndrome sometimes, it's not unique to novelists. No one is immune from trying to prove something to themselves.”
― Benjamin Stevenson

“But legacy isn't a stamp left by the people with ink. It's not about leaving your fingerprints, it's about having fingerprints left on you. In the case of books, the legacy isn't created by writing it, it's created by the people who pick it up, who expand and enrich and enlighten your words with how they reinterpret, remember and relive them. It's passion, it's tears...
A book isn't a book until it's read.”
― Benjamin Stevenson