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Joe Matlock

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.joematlock.net/

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Influences

Life, Jane Austen, Pat Conroy, Joseph Heller, Ken Kesey, Mario Puzo & ...more

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December 2015

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Joe Matlock never thought of himself as an author but holds an interest in social sciences. Sharing life experiences though writing, his only desire is to entertain while educating the mind and feeding the soul.

Joe is a retired Marine Pilot and enjoys reading, traveling, cooking and oil painting as well as writing. During his flying career, he was a member of the Confederate (now Commemorative) Air Force. Joe has about a hundred hours in the P-51 Mustang. See video on author profile page.

Today, he maintains a small farm in south-central Texas and is a member of the Kingsbury Aerodrome, a group that restores and preserves pre-1930s airplanes and artifacts.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 58 ratings · 31 reviews · 4 distinct works

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THE DANCE

Some people are upset about THE DANCE [title is misleading and it is not a romance].

I do not write formulaic genres - romance, war, mystery, techno-thriller or legal-thriller & etcetera. My novels are LIFE STORIES.

THE DANCE is about a relationship, but not a love story. It take two to dance, and each person dancing has their own story....

So, https://youtu.be/bpwdwbO1uvM Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 15, 2018 20:15

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Quotes by Joe Matlock (?)

“The odd thing about war, it shows who you are, not who you think you are ... most likely, you won't like the truth.”
― Joe Matlock

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“Regardless of one’s background - race, culture or gender, education is a great equalizer.”
― Joe Matlock, The Other Side Of Courage

tags: life-lessons-wisdom

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“Smart is informed reasoning, therefore anyone is smart if they research before reasoning.”
― Joe Matlock, The Other Side Of Courage

tags: life-lessons

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Joe’s Quotes

“Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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“Shepherd Book: What are we up to, sweetheart?
River: Fixing your Bible.
Book: I, um... What?
River: Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn't make sense.
Shepherd Book: No, no. You-you-you can't...
River: So we'll integrate non-progressional evolution theory with God's creation of Eden. Eleven inherent metaphoric parallels already there. Eleven. Important number. Prime number. One goes into the house of eleven eleven times, but always comes out one. Noah's ark is a problem.
Shepherd Book: Really?
River: We'll have to call it early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5000 species of mammal on the same boat.
Shepherd Book: River, you don't fix the Bible.
River: It's broken. It doesn't make sense.
Book: It's not about making sense. It's about believing in something, and letting that belief be real enough to change your life. It's about faith. You don't fix faith, River. It fixes you.”
― Ben Edlund

tags: faith, logic, religion

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“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, books, re-reading, reading

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“The odd thing about war, it shows who you are, not who you think you are ... most likely, you won't like the truth.”
― Joe Matlock

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“When a self-evident truth is presented, don't be surprised when self-centeredness fights back...”
― Joe Matlock