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  • #1
    “A shaft of moonlight illuminated a row of sentinel silver birch in a phosphorescent glow, appearing almost ethereal in the relative surrounding gloom. Boris had stopped again, his silhouette a stark black juxtaposition against the background of illuminated branches.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: descriptive-prose, visual-moments
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  • #2
    Aldous Huxley
    “Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.”
    ― Aldous Huxley
    tags: hell, life
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    Lionel Shriver
    “There’s no more doomed a struggle than a battle with the imaginary.”
    ― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin
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  • #4
    Jack Kerouac
    “Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad joy.”
    ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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  • #5
    Katherine Dunn
    “All he had to do to make me like him was need me. All he had to do to make Arty like him was drop dead.”
    ― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
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  • #6
    Edgar Allan Poe
    “But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of today, or the agonies which are have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.”
    ― Edgar Alan Poe, Berenice
    tags: joy, memory, past, sorrow, yearning
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  • #7
    Anaïs Nin
    “When your beauty struck me, it dissolved me. Deep down, I am not different from you. I dreamed you, I wished for your existence. I see in you that part of me which is you. I surrender my sincerity because if I love you it means we share the same fantasies, we share the same madness.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
    tags: love
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  • #8
    Nick Cave
    “But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals
    Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .”
    ― Nick Cave
    tags: cannibalism, cannibals, company, dining, eating, food, foolishness, risk, risk-taking
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  • #9
    Kathy Acker
    “There's a point at which when I start to know a man well--this isn't true of women--I wonder whether there's something in him that's evil. Something that's pure and can't be touched. This quality of evil may be related to the quality of artistry, for an artist has the same characteristics.”
    ― Kathy Acker, My Mother: Demonology
    tags: art, evil, men
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  • #10
    Vladimir Nabokov
    “Solitude was corrupting me. I needed company and care.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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  • #11
    Rebecca Harlem
    “Because I am really successful and work on the sets throughout the day. I had sex with a variety of male models. If my spouse accepts all of this, he will be unconcerned if he discovers I cheated on him at some point in the future. That is how much he cares for me. Never in my wildest dreams did I consider defrauding him. When something becomes legal, it is common for people to lose interest in it.”
    ― Rebecca Harlem, The Pink Cadillac
    tags: connection, courage, enriching-life, fear, gripping, happiness, intrigue, plot-twists, profound, societal-expectations
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  • #12
    Lotchie Burton
    “Everybody has scars, and every scar has a story. Especially the ones you don’t see. Those go deeper. And cause more damage.”
    ― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire
    tags: conspiracies, conspire, domination, finding, heated, heroes, plots, secrets, suspense, thrilling
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  • #13
    “Before going to breakfast, you are in your
room experiencing the gongs of a classic religious
    bell, a unique and cuddly invitation to the morning meditation session. In ten minutes it will be 7:00 a.m.—dawn’s brisk reminder that life will never be easy. Mornings are a bit cruel.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: descriptive, drama, empathy, joy, meditation, motivated, peace, religous, self-healing, spiritual
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  • #14
    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “I have a question for you Water. What happens to the water in my body if I get angry at someone or if someone gets angry with me?”

    “A very good question,” said Water. “In either case, the water in your body gets upset and causes you to not feel very well. You feel sad, or maybe you will cry. Crying is good because it puts good endorphins into your body, and you will start to feel better. They help the water in your body to recover.”
    ― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water
    tags: emotional-awareness, emotional-intelligence, energy-in-motion, holistic-parenting, magical-world, mindful-living, nurturing, nurturing-nature, storytelling-with-purpose, universe-connection
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  • #15
    “The Word of God tells us this: “Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers” (Ephesians 4:11 NLT).”
    ― Kathryn Krick, The Secret of the Anointing: Accessing the Power of God to Walk in Miracles
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  • #16
    K. Ritz
    “This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, engaging, exciting, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery
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  • #17
    J. Rose Black
    “If there was one thing a former sniper could do well, it was wait. Patiently. Quietly. Without a sound. Barely a movement. Just him, a quiet mind and his breath.”
    ― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath
    tags: drama, fiction, fun, general-fiction, laugh-out-loud, love, relationships, romance-novel, satire-fiction, suspense
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  • #18
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Sam: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.' Frodo: [continue walking] You've left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. [stops and turns to Sam] Frodo: Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam. Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious. Frodo: So was I. [they continue to walk] Sam: Samwise the Brave...”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
    tags: frodo, lord-of-the-rings, sam-gamgee, samwise, samwise-the-brave, stories
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  • #19
    Irma S. Rombauer
    “There are many different ways to revise a cookbook. Faced with the task of updating Joy in the mid-1990s, my father, Ethan,”
    ― Irma S. Rombauer, Joy of Cooking
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  • #20
    T.S. Eliot
    “not fare well, but fare forward”
    ― T.S. Eliot
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  • #21
    Markus Zusak
    “Finally, in October 1945, a man with swampy eyes, feathers of hair, and a clean-shaven face walked into the shop. He approached the counter. "Is there someone here by the name of Leisel Meminger?"
    "Yes, she's in the back," said Alex. He was hopeful, but he wanted to be sure. "May I ask who is calling on her?"

    Leisel came out.
    They hugged and cried and fell to the floor.”
    ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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  • #22
    Nicholas Evans
    “It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! ”
    ― Nicholas Evans
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  • #23
    Sun Tzu
    “The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points;”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: business, strategy, war
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