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#1

“The Profumo Affair in 1963 profoundly altered British society. It gave lie to the belief that those born into the ruling class were inherently superior and destined to lead.”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

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#2

“Be patient with him. If the same quality did not exist in you, you wouldn’t notice it in him.”
― Robyn Mundell, Brainwalker

tags: be-patient, brain, middle-grade, personality-trait, quality, science, science-fiction, scientist

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#3

“Now all I can see is how simple he made everything sound. Reading the Fillory books you would think that all one has to do is behave honorably and bravely and all will be well. What a lesson to teach young children. What a way to prepare them for the rest of their lives.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land

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#4

“Once she had her mind set on something she became an unstoppable force, forging ahead.”
― Debbie Macomber, A Girl's Guide to Moving On

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#5

“All these years in the straight life and she still had a whore’s pride.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

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#6

“I took a rant-sized breath.”
― Scott Westerfeld, So Yesterday

tags: rant, westerfeld

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#7

“Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

tags: humour, love

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#8

“Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses.”
― Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations

tags: sci-fi, scifi, scifi-adventure

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#9

“Death rides on all of our shoulders from the day we are born.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel

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#10

“Being magnanimous in victory usually worked, but to keep abreast of the situation he had to  pump the girl for all she knew. Was there a pang of remorse for his actions in his mind?  Possibly, but what choice did he have? If he wanted to survive, he had no room for weakness.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

tags: action, dark, dark-humour, drama, fiction-writing, humour, mystery, thriller

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#11

“Swish and flick.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: harry-potter, sorcer, stone

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#12

“Dear God,' I said inside myself, 'when I came here, maybe I was partly running off from home for fun and freedom and adventure. But I have a notion that You had something else in mind in letting me come. Anyway if You can use me here in this Cove, well, here I am.”
― Catherine Marshall, Christy

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#13

“There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.”
― Ralph Ellison

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#14

“For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them.”
― Philip K. Dick

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#15

“¿son lo seres humanos capaces de actos generosos, desinteresados, incluso heroicos? Desde luego. ¿Son asimismo capaces de actos despiadados de apatía? Desde luego.”
― Steven D. Levitt, SuperFreakonomics: Enfriamiento global, prostitutas patrioticas y por que los terroristas suicidas deberian contratar un seguro de vida

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#16

“Something made them the way they are. Things do happen for a reason.”
― Dave Pelzer, A Man Named Dave

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