Robert Cormier
- writer
- children's writer
- journalist
- Born 1925-01-17
- Died 2000-11-02 (aged 75)
- Nationality United States
Known for
- 2009
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  Tenderness | Movie | screenwriter | 75 |
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- Tendernessscreenwriter
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They murdered him.
Read the full quoteObie was bored. Worse than bored. He was also tired. He went to bed tired and woke up tired. He found himself yawning constantly. Most of all, he was tired of Archie. Archie the bastard. The bastard that Obie alternately…
Read the full quote"You're a real bastard," Obie said finally, his frustration erupting, like a Coke exploding from a bottle after you shake it. "You know that?" Archie turned and smiled at him benevolently, like a goddamn king passing out…
Read the full quote"The assignment must fit the kid. That's the beauty of it, Obie." Obie waited a minute or two and couldn't resist asking, "You running out of ideas, Archie?" The great Archie Costello running dry? The possibility was…
Read the full quote"Know what, Archie" "What?" "Life is sad, sometimes." That was one of the great things about Arcie, you could say things like that. "Life is shit," Archie said. The shadows of he goal posts definitely resembled a network…
Read the full quoteThe Vigils kept things under control. Without The Vigils, Trinity might have been torn apart like other schools had been, by demonstrations, protests, all that crap.
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Fitchburg State University, Leominster High School