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To Mom, who took me to the library. 

-Owen Thomas

 

To my wife Marganit and my children Ella Rose and Daniel Adam without whom this book would have been completed two years earlier. 

-Joseph J. Rotman, An Introduction to Algebraic Topology

 

This Book is dedicated to my father Joseph Hill Evans with love. Actually Dad doesn’t read fiction, so if someone doesn’t tell him about this, he’ll never know. 

-Tad Williams, Otherland series 

 

To my daughter Leonora without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time.

-PG Wodehouse, Heart of a Goof, published in 1923 when she was 18.

 

My first stepfather used to say that what I didn’t know would fill a book. Well, here it is.

-Tobias Wolff, This Boy's Life

 

This is presented as a work of fiction and dedicated to nobody. 

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

 

I want to thank everyone who helped me create this book, except for that guy who yelled at me in Kmart when I was eight because he thought I was being ‘too rowdy.’You’re an asshole, sir.

-Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened 

 

To Shirley Jackson, who never had to raise her voice.

-Stephen King

 

This book is dedicated to all the family members who were angry that I dedicated the last book to someone who won the dedication in a Twitter contest. 

-Jennifer Armintrout, Veil of Shadows  

 

For the students of Lyons Township High School in Illinois. Because that kid in the back row asked. 

-Kendare Blake, Mortal Gods

 

To my mother, who liked the bit about the horse. 

-Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

 

To Mom, who took me to the library.

-Sean Carroll, The Particle at the End of the Universe

 

Dedicated to two distracting little daughters, Priscilla, four years old, and Nancy, age two, who were no help in writing this book.

-Hillis Lory, Japan’s Military Masters

 

To my wonderful readers: Sorry about that last cliffhanger. Well, no, not really. HAHAHAHA. But, seriously, I love you guys.

-Rick Riordan 

 

‍To the readers who look up at the stars and wish.

-Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight

 

To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer."

-Chris Colfer, The Land of Stories

 

This book is dedicated to my brilliant and beautiful wife without whom I would be nothing. She always comforts and consoles, never complains or interferes, asks nothing, and endures all, and writes my dedications. 

-Albert Malvino, Electronic Principles, 2nd ed. 
 

For all the fat bottomed girls.

-Julie Murphy, Dumplin
 

For everyone who knows there was enough room for Leonardo DiCaprio on that door. And for England. We’re really sorry for what we’re about to do to your history.
-Cynthia Hand, My Lady Jane

 

This book is for my parents, who tried.

-Bruce Eric Kaplan, I Was a Child
 

To the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts.

-Jodi Lynn Anderson, Tiger Lily

 

For every woman who has been told to sit down and be quiet… and who has stood up anyway.

-Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

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For the ones who refuse to be silenced.

-Jodi Meadows, Before She Ignites

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To the tall girls who wish they were dainty. To the short girls who wish they were elegant. To the girls who’ve always been too much. And the girls who are never enough. To those who persist. This is for you.

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

 

Dedicated to everyone who wonders if I'm writing about them. I am. 

-Anonymous