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#1

“That was followed by Sharp saying, “Mick, it is Sharp here. I have an urgent fire mission for you. This is greatly bigger than I thought, and I just know that the Noggies will attack us soon! Request fire upon grid reference which will be given to you by Sunray Delta Six”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

tags: bad, ethics, good, greed, sociology, united, unity, unrest, warring, world

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#2

“A celestial wizard doesn’t destroy celestial bodies. She bends them.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

tags: adventure, coming-of-age, fiction, love, mystery, sci-fi, space, space-opera, teen-ya, wizardry

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#3

“During the Depression of the 1930s everyone suffered, even the rich. It was hard times for all and people helped each other if they could. Americans coming through that together meant something. Now they were being asked to struggle again. But because so many servicemen were killed at Pearl Harbor, Americans had a cause that they all shared – fight the Fascists and keep the threat and the war from coming home. Yet, now the grim reality, the depths of the sacrifices, and the grief of their losses was devastating.”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

tags: america, american-history, discovery, historical-fiction, historical-investigations, historical-mysteries, history-novel, war, war-time-history

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#4

“Her is closer than ever to the top of Namsan Tower.”
― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her

tags: loveinseoul, namsantower, soulfulproximity

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#5

“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Ito finally, who had been keeping very quiet up to this point. “Indeed. How much will it cost?” asked Brown “About twenty million Interplanetary Credits,” said Demba. “A modest investment for a man of your means.” “Indeed,” said Brown again. That was all the money he had, which started to strike him as strange, when his thoughts were interrupted. “We’ll arrange a visit to the mine,” said Ito. “Show you the place itself.” “Indeed,” said Brown. Or had he said that? The strange waking memory he had fallen into started to become repetitive. Reality started to flow back in. Diamonds, thought Brown. All those diamonds in that mine.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

tags: drama, fast-paced, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, suspense-thriller, thriller-novels

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#6

“The telegram was sealed – an old-fashioned touch, I thought, but then I’d never had a telegram before. I took my time opening it. I said nothing.”
― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows

tags: betrayal, climatic, fiction-novel, hardship, investigation, life, paranormal, revenge, sadness, tense

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#7

“L.G.B.T.Q.I.P.O.Z.A.A.C.V………….” ”
― Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black

tags: absurd, courage, drug-use, emotional-depth, introspective, manipulation, satire, surrealism, technology, vivid

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#8

“Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?”
― Sophocles, Antigone

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#9

“Haji Ali spoke. ‘If you want to thrive in Baltistan, you must respect our ways. The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family, and for our family, we are prepared to do anything, even die. Doctor Greg, you must take time to share three cups of tea. We may be uneducated but we are not stupid. We have lived and survived here for a long time.’ That day, Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I’ve ever learned in my life. We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly…Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me that I had more to learn from the people I work with than I could ever hope to teach them.”
― Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

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#10

“Here she was on the other side of the grating—here she was at last, on the outside—looking in!”
― Mary Norton, The Borrowers

tags: accomplish, accomplishment, accomplishments, adventure, adventures, fantasy, fantasy-fiction, hope

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#11

“Mas reconhecer tudo isso e ainda assim encontrar a liberdade, fazer as escolhas, saber o que é e o que pode vir a ser, isso é o adulto responsável. Curvando-se à necessidade, deve escolher. Es- sa liberdade de escolha é a carga e a dádiva que todos recebem ao deixar a infância, a carga e a dádiva que todos levam quando atin- gem o fim da infância.”
― Judith Viorst, Perdas Necessárias

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#12

“in this land some of us fuck more than
we die but most of us die
better than we fuck”
― Charles Bukowski, Love Is a Dog from Hell

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#13

“It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed.”
― John Stuart Mill

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#14

“I’m sure everyone’s sorry and said they’re sorry, and you’ve heard it a thousand times. We all mean well, by the way. We just don’t have words.”
I rubbed a hand over my forehead. Maybe that was the end of it. A little different than the standard lines. She meant well. Good talk. “It’s fine. Most people just say ‘sorry.’ I don’t need a speech.”
“I’m not, though.” Her hair swished against my arm as she shook her head. “It’s sad your mother died. It is. Because of all the things she’ll miss. It’s very sad. But, I’m glad she lived.” ”
― J. Rose Black, Chasing Headlines

tags: action, adventure, drama, exciting, fiction, intrigue, love, passion, sex, suspense-novel

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#15

“The fire on the mountain.” That was Anna. “Alchemy,” she said. “I feel it singing in my bones.”
“Singing?” Mary would never understand Anna. The young woman turned away.
Wiseman’s reply was tinged with respect.
“That great pair of alchemists, Francis Ransome and Roberta Le More, believed the work they did affected the world’s spirit, the anima mundi. The Native Americans they met believed they too could and should interact with the Great Spirit. They lived with reverence for the land and all its peoples, the ancestors, the animals, the rocks, the trees, mountains.”
Mary’s jaw dropped; Caroline glowed; Anna pretended not to listen. Wiseman nodded, then continued.
“You mean…?” began Mary.
“Yes, it could have been so different, a meeting of like-minded earth-based spiritualities. Just imagine, what could have been?”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: action, danger, fear, fiction, fiction-novel, insight, thriller, trauma, unpredictable

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#16

“Yeah. I’m an asshole. But I promise you, when the shit rolls downhill and you need someone with a shovel, I’m an asshole who can get the job done.”
― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

tags: change, confidence, courage, curiosity, exciting, exploration, faith, fast-paced, fear, hope

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#17

“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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#18

“I remember Peyton [Manning] called me as soon as I got out to Denver. He started the conversation by asking me, ‘When did you get in?’ We mainly just talked to get familiar with each other.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: grief, humour, imagination, literary-fiction, love, neighbours, rural-fiction, small-town, small-town-fiction

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#19

“In the rose garden, the flowers are maneuvering toward the winter sunshine and the alluring sound of the koi pond’s waterfall makes you think it has a crush on you. You offer no resistance—you are done (at least temporarily) with the “regular” world.”
― Tom Hillman, Digging for God

tags: deep, descriptive, fiction, love, make-believe, meaningful, nature, refreshing, romance, self-reflecting

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#20

“Water was quiet for a bit before it said, “I want to tell you about you and me and how we are connected. I’m part of you and you are part of me. I am part of the trees, the plants, and the rocks. I am part of everything!”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

tags: eco-consciousness, energy, energy-fields, family-time, gratitude, healing, mindfulness, nature-awareness, nurturing-environment, teaching-connection

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#21

“Bright morning comes; the bloody-fingered dawn with zealous light sets seas of air ablaze and bends to earth another false beginning. My eyes open like cornflowers, stick, crusted with their own stale dew, then take that light.”
― Iain Banks, A Song of Stone

tags: dawn, sleep, waking-up

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#22

“The wheel of time turns and ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age tha gave it birth returns again. In the third age, an age of prophecy the world and time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under shadow.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

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#23

“God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

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#24

“In this city he kept house with his German mistress and maintained a long affair with his Polish secretary.”
― Thomas Keneally, Schindler's List

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#25

“Orwell was almost exactly wrong in a strange way. He thought the world would end with Big Brother watching us, but it ended with us watching Big Brother.”
― Alan Moore

tags: depressing

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#26

“So I was sold at last! A human being sold in the free city of New York! The bill of sale is on record, and future generations will learn from it that women were articles of traffic in New York, late in the nineteenth century of the Christian religion. It may hereafter prove a useful document to antiquaries, who are seeking to measure the progress of civilization in the United States. I well know the value of that bit of paper; but as much as I love freedom, I do not like to look upon it. I am deeply grateful to the generous friend who procured it, but I despise the miscreant who demanded payment for what never rightfully belong to him or his.”
― Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

tags: american-history, freed-slaves, freedom, new-york, slavery, slaves

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