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#1

“It's not the answer you wanted to hear," Pha said.
"It's the truth," Katrina said stepping onto the walk leading to the back door. "The truth's better than hearing nothing.”
― Andrea Luhman, Missing Wings

tags: fantasy-fiction

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#2

“If the voices in your head talk to you, no one cares until they tell you to start killing people. Then you’re crazy.”
― Linda Armstrong, Mission: Subhero

tags: coding, coming-of-age, entertaining, humorous, original, overcoming-challenges, random-acts-of-kindness, technology, young-adult

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#3

“My involvement must be kept secret, no matter what, Rollie. Even if it backfires and you face prison or worse. Got it?”
“You may count on me, Mr. President, as long as you promise to remember, you have the power to pardon criminals.”
“Yes, I do, don’t I?” RonJohn snickers. “I almost forgot about my convenient little presidential power.”
“We’ll see that the campaign gets a fresh and ample supply of cash. God bless the Supreme Court and Citizens United”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal High

tags: bullying, courtroom-drama, crime-fiction, dramatic, emotional, gun-control, psychological, school-shooting, second-amendment

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#4

“But you know, mon petite, what you got is a gift. And when de good Lord gives you a gift you have to use it. Dat's why he put you here on dis earth. Sometime it's gonna be to help a soul cross over to de other side to meet him. If dat's whey you gott do, den dat's what you gotta do. You can't just keep collecting de dead. You gonna have to find a way to take what you got and work wit dat.”
― Deborah Leblanc, Toe to Toe

tags: comedy, dark-humor, paranormal, romance, self-discovery, spooky, supernatural, young-adult, young-adult-fiction

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#5

“Toni's Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic...you! As soon as you let doubt creep in---you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow.”
― C.Toni Graham

tags: affirmations, author, c-toni-graham, commitment, inspirational, ya-author

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#6

“The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity -- in all this vastness -- there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. It's been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
― Carl Sagan

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#7

“Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it."
Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?"
"I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it."
"But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

tags: clockwork-prince, humor, jem-carstairs, teasing, tessa-gray, will-herondale

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#8

“They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.
Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked.
They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone."
And what difference does that make?”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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#9

“The American conscience died with the Kennedys.”
― Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

tags: batman

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#10

“He was a very dispirited Poet. He had never expected the world to act in a courteous, seemly, or even sensible manner, and the world had seldom done so; often he had taken heart in the consistency of its rudeness and stupidity. But never before had the world shot the Poet in the abdomen with a musket. This he found not heartening at all.”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

tags: dishearten, funny, humour

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#11

“And I've thought of a way to help you with the concept of color.

"Close your eyes and be still, now. I'm going to give you a memory of a rainbow.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

tags: chuckles, humor

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#12

“Thank you. The air across my wings again is heaven.”
― Sara Pascoe, Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum

tags: animalrescue, animalstories, funny, goosestories, healingjourneys, hopefulreads, humour, kidlit, middlegrade, secondchances

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#13

“Plotting murder is as good a topic as any.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: cold-voice, court-intrigue, dark-fantasy, dark-humor, epic-fantasy, fantasy-readers, morally-gray, sharable-quote, wry-line

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#14

“Alick Rae was in the zone.”
― J L MARRAIN, The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder

tags: adventure, book-quotes, coming-of-age, fantasy, new-beginnings, portal-fantasy, readers, teen-protagonist

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#15

“Theo, no matter what happens in life, you must always remember that we live in a mathematically precise world. Everything that happens has a reason and even though we rarely understand those reasons and often don’t even see them, that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”
― Alexander Morpheigh

tags: booklovers, cosmicorder, everythinghappensforareason, metaphysicalfiction, philosophicalfiction, thepythagorean, thoughtprovokingreads

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#16

“The exotic beauty and nostalgic charm of the old brick and etched-stone museum appeared to be an apparition of grander days.”
― Rich DiSilvio, The Arnolfini Art Mysteries

tags: art-lovers, art-mystery, atmospheric-setting, book-quotes, cozy-aesthetic, museum-vibes, old-world-charm, travel-reads, weekend-reads

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#17

“Words are annoying to read...”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

tags: funny-kids-books, kids-lit, picture-book, read-aloud, reading-mood, reluctant-reader, storytime

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#18

“You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

tags: biblical-fiction, christian-fiction, daily-devotional-vibes, faith, heart-and-soul, love, scripture-inspired, spiritual-reads

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#19

“Travel is the epitome of expansion, connection, and discovery – both of the world and one-self. It's a profound experience that transcends geography, opening our hearts to the mesmerising tapestry of our world. Travel invites us to shatter the confines of our daily routines and perspectives, guiding us to embrace fresh outlooks, alternative lifestyles, and mind-boggling traditions.”
― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules

tags: inspirational, life-lessons, travel, travel-writing, wisdom

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#20

“Again, I’m Irish . . . I speak in essays . . . but I’ll give it my best shot.”
― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush

tags: blame, challenges, fiction, guilt, mystery, novel, romance, suspense, thriller, tradgedy

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#21

“Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: ancestry, australia, discovery, drama, generational, history, identity, life-experiences, vietnam, war

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#22

“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister...

"I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster into a future akin to a dystopian novel I'll never run out of material to write more books. Although now that reality is more bizarre than fiction maybe plot-lines will need to be more ambitious. Perhaps a book where Boris Johnson is really an accidental sentient snafu of Trump's scrotum lint. Kind of a sequel to the Bush-Blair story. I see musical rights being drawn up as we speak.”
― R.D. Ronald

tags: dystopian, dystopian-future, political, politicians, politics, prime-minister, satire, satire-quote, satire-quotes

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#23

“withered vine memories hang from the old house do i exist?  who’s asking”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: existential, identity, introspective, literary-poetry, memory, natureimage, poetry, quiet-intensity

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#24

“We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

tags: humility, pain

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#25

“I'll quote the truth wherever I find it, thank you.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

tags: quote, truth

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#26

“Proofs of the week's paper were spread out on what I grandly called my desk. This was a rickety wooden table against the side wall outside the Editor's office.”
― Catherine Marshall, Julie

tags: catherine-marshall, desk, julie, newspaper, paper

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#27

“Simplify, simplify.”
― Henry David Thoreau

tags: life

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