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#1

“The belief that time heals most traumas is, I fear, not to be relied upon.”
― Stanislas M Yassukovich, Summertime and Short Stories

tags: literary-fiction, memory, psychological-fiction, quiet-reflection, regret, thought-provoking, trauma-and-healing

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#2

“I wish I had a canvas and could paint the serene colours of eternity from the harsh palette that is planet Earth.”
― Stanislas M Yassukovich, Summertime and Short Stories

tags: fiction, human-nature, literary-fiction, mortality, poetic, poetic-fiction, romantic

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#3

“But though we can reconstruct history, we can’t always imagine the sentiments of our ancestors when they seem so intolerant compared to our own.”
― Stanislas M Yassukovich

tags: ancestry, family-history, genealogy, historical-fiction, historical-mystery, historical-romance, human-nature, quote-of-the-day

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#4

“I have often reflected that people who say “times have changed” usually live as though they had not.”
― Stanislas M Yassukovich, Summertime and Short Stories

tags: book-club-reads, changing-times, dry-wit, fiction, fiction-writing, human-nature, literary-fiction

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#5

“The film image of a dead child dressed in blood-red floating, Ophelia-like, in "Don’t Look Now" swam before her eyes. It must be some kind of diabolical threat!”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: betrayal, danger, deceit, drama, penalty, redemption, sin, sinners, suspense, understanding

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#6

“Quite," Detective Vidal pronounced as though he'd learned his English in a British finishing school. "Even Madame Rachel, who sat right beside, could not tell.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: action, crime-story, detective, dramatic, fast-paced, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, mystery, thriller

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#7

“Mary moved down to join the gathered actors, but little was said beyond questioning whispers. This was, after all, a morgue.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: drama, emotional, fantasy, fiction, fiction-novel, mystery, supernatural-thriller, thriller

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#8

“I'll have apple juice," Miranda said. "Mommy doesn't let me drink wine yet.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: action, dark, drama, fast-paced, fiction, mystery, thriller, thriller-novel

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#9

“That kind of leader usually manages to show up whenever there’s a culture in crisis. People get scared stupid, and they listen to anybody who sounds like he has a plan to get them out of the jam they’re in.”
― N.S. Wikarski, The Mountain Mother Cipher

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#10

“Just a whisper in the right ear, and voila—a fresh sense of outrage to stoke a fresh conflagration.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

tags: conspiracythriller, dark-irony, highstakes, manipulation-quotes, political-suspense, quote-of-the-day, thriller-readers

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#11

“Sometimes, I think that we each inhabit alternative bubbles of reality.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

tags: character-quotes, human-nature, literary-thriller, psychological-insight, thriller

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#12

“Boredom is my friend, and I am loath to part with it. I love my books, and I love the catalog, and I love you. Not necessarily in that order.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

tags: adventure, archaeological-adventure, archaeological-thriller, dry-wit, quote-of-the-day, quotes-to-live-by

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#13

“Against the tide of violence
something spoken from the silence
like an arrow parting air
with the sharpened point of love.”
― Don Hynes, Something Will Change Me: Poems of Hope, Healing, and Personal Transformation

tags: chances, change, compassion, completion, dig-deep, explore, joy, love-yourself, respecting-others, strength

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#14

“What broke me was wildness, and wildness my salvation.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

tags: fierce-beauty, healing-through-nature, personal-truth, poetry, soul-recovery, survival, transformation, wildness

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#15

“Upon the altar of the heart, cleansed of conflict, the world rests radiant in naked splendor.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

tags: contemplative-verse, heart-wisdom, innerpeace, poetry, radiant-world, sacred-beauty, spiritual-clarity, stillness

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#16

“Ravenous for knowledge I
devour the silence, 
then kneel, an acolyte,
 in dawn’s gray light.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

tags: acolyte, contemplative-poetry, dawn-light, inner-quest, poetry, seeker-spirit, silence-and-wisdom, spiritual-hunger

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#17

“Come any closer, I’ll blow your little soldier to bits.”
― Nancy Mangano, Deadly Decisions

tags: intense, love, murder, mystery-suspense

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#18

“He didn’t need dinner slop to feed his body. He couldn’t recall ever being so filled up.”
― Nancy Mangano, Deadly Decisions

tags: murer, mystery, suspense, who-done-it

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#19

“People leave Los Angeles because the county is a breeding ground for violent murders. You stay and flourish in Los Angeles because the county is a hotbed for homicides.”
― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs

tags: action-packed, adventure, ear, exciting, fiction, full-package, heroes, intrigue, secrets, suspense

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#20

“An airplane hasn’t fallen out of the sky and landed on you, but in the PI world, you face risky business on a daily basis. Don’t let your guard down.”
― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs

tags: danger, dark, erotic-romance, heat, love, romance, underworld, violence

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#21

“If the goal is to build a life of meaning and not just motion (or worse, being 'sloppy busy'), then we need to regularly assess and recalibrate how we spend the currency of life—our time.”
― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance

tags: life-purpose, life-quotes, meaningful-living, purpose-driven-life, purpose-of-life, quotes-about-life, quotes-to-live-by, work-life-balance

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#22

“Are you living on Someday Island, always waiting for a breeze that never comes?”
― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance

tags: guide-for-living, intentional-living, life-guide, life-purpose, mindset-shift, personal-growth, procrastinating, purpose-driven-life, purpose-of-life, take-the-leap

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#23

“The world will try to make you efficient at meaningless things—busy, polished, perfectly useless. Don't fall for it. Efficiency is only noble when it serves purpose.”
― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance

tags: intentional-living, life-guide, life-purpose, meaningful-work, mindful-success, personal-development, productivity-mindset, purpose-over-busyness, purposeful-productivity, values-driven-life

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#24

“The guard looked down at the scarlet bloodstains blooming on his chest. He appeared to think of something that he needed to say, but as his lips began to form the words, his knees gave up the strain of supporting his ruined bulk. He collapsed to the floor, his throat issuing a final sound like a bubbling casserole.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: death-rattle, dying

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#25

“I'm the biggest critic of my own work, but sometimes you nail a chapter so good that you have to take a step back and admire that bitch.”
― R.D. Ronald

tags: admire, bitch, confidence, critic, inspirational, life, writing

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#26

“I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan to act first and stage a preemptive strike against the French by launching “Operation Bright Moon”, which is now the code name for the Japanese coup d ětat which will disarm the Vichy French Forces by or during the 9th of March 1945!”

(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
― Michael G. Kramer

tags: destruction, difficulty, fighting, military, ptsd, real-life, true-story, uncertainty, vietnam, war

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#27

“Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern.”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: action, ancestry, discovery, family, family-history, future, history, literary-fiction, love, suspense

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#28

“The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

tags: war

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#29

“We must make sure that we do not get casualties from training!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Full Story of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion

tags: discipline, leadership, lessonslearned, militaryhistory, preparation, training

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#30

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

tags: seasons, strength, trial, triumph

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