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#1

“As an emotional caretaker of her family, Jackie Kennedy was extraordinary. She defied the instructions of White House social advisers to make time for raising her children in as normal a way as possible. “If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.” – Jackie Kennedy”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

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#2

“He would tell you to leave?”
“Yes. He is…was a rude man, but it didn’t bother me. I was used to it. As I said, I’d gotten used to Mr. Hines. He is…was, despite his rudeness, a good boss. He never questioned me or my brother on how much we spent on the house. If there was something that needed fixing, he’d instruct my brother on what was to be done.”
― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods

tags: fiction-novel, murder-mystery, suspense-thriller

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#3

“One of the functions of entertainment, I think, is education. - Roy E. Disney”
― Newton Lee, Disney Stories: Getting to Digital

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#4

“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.”
― T.S. Eliot

tags: memories, truth, wishes

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#5

“Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and perpetrator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself — a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred.”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

tags: atrocity, culpability

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#6

“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”
― Barack Obama

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#7

“But Hamlet is death's ambassador while Falstaff is the embassy of life.”
― Harold Bloom, Falstaff: Give Me Life

tags: falstaff, life, shakespeare

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#8

“I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning...as does death.”
― Dean Koontz

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#9

“Darling,
You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
Your father”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

tags: father, letter, understand

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#10

“On the Acropolis, he’d thought she’d seen too much sun for a woman but in the courtyard, under the moon, her face, neck, and arms were as pale as the moon goddess. Allowing himself to imagine it was the moon goddess leading him upward was a way of climbing to the second story.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: adventure, drama, exciting, exploration, fiction, future, literary-fiction, past, politics, present

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#11

“Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,” chirped Wendy.
“No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
“Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
“He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
“He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
“With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller

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#12

“That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dressed up in a cheap fur coat.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories

tags: for-esmé-with-love-and-squalo, humor

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#13

“In the end....everything matters.”
― Jay Asher

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#14

“What is the world of the spirits? It is nothing I know about. I don't know what spirit is."
"Spirit is what matter does.”
― Philip Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth

tags: matter, philosophy, spirit, spirits-in-the-material-world

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#15

“If I am in love, many things about the world, not just the immediate object of my love, seem lovable. To say 'I love X' is somehow really to say 'X inspires love in me', and that love then attaches itself to objects other than X as well. The expansiveness of love is a natural means of ascent between levels.”
― Robin Waterfield

tags: ascent, diotima, plato, socrates, symposium

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#16

“التعليم هو أعظم محرك للنضوج الشخصي.
فهو الذي يمكّن ابنة الفلاح من أن تصبح طبيبة، وابن عامل المناجم من أن يصبح رئيساً للمناجم، وابن عامل المزرعة من أن يصبح رئيساً لدولة عظمى.
إن ما يميز فرد عن آخر هو قدرته على توظيف ما عنده من إمكانيات وليس ما يُعطى من ممتلكات ومزايا.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

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#17

“A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

tags: endurance, pacing, war-and-peace

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#18

“The sky is full of messages of love sent to Her, feelings that transform into clouds of devotion over Seoul.”
― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her

tags: devotionclouds, messagesoflove, seoulsky

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#19

“Something must have gone awry with the programming. I have no idea where or when we are.”
― Steven Decker, The Balance of Time

tags: action, adventure, drama, fiction, future, literary-fiction, metaphysical, past, sci-fi, science

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#20

“Mae’s Diner mirrored Samantha’s memories precisely—a cheap haven of pink vinyl booths and black-and-white checkered floors, the mouthwatering aroma of fried chicken and apple pie permeating the air.”
― Stella Sinclaire, Fertile Ground for Murder

tags: anger, betrayal, challenges, clues, dark, emotional-depth, fiction-writing, hidden, psychology, strained-relationships

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#21

“The holiday village had sprung up in Bryant Park, and the ice rink and booths were bustling with early Christmas shoppers. It smelled like fried food and scented candles, mixed with the occasional blast of diesel from the traffic inching along 42nd Street. When I think of how New York City smells, this is it.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough

tags: conspiracy, danger, fate, new-york, power, power-struggle, struggle, vicious, vicious-struggle, war

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#22

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma

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#23

“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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#24

“There’s lotsa bad apples out there. It ain’t you, it’s the bushel of fruit available for the pickin’ that’s the problem.”
― A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

tags: criminal-activity, fighting, freedom, gender-roles, men-vs-women, mystery, racism, resources, stability, violence

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#25

“After a week he was moved to a different wing and into a shared six-by-eight with a grizzled old con called Alf. He had faded tattoos that stained most of the visible skin on his hands, arms and neck a dull blue, sharp eyes and a thick beard that made his mouth look like an axe wound on a bear.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: descriptive-prose, prison, prisoner

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#26

“Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

tags: truth

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#27

“My platitudes don't hold their interest and I can hardly blame them for that. My real stories are all out of date. So what if I can speak firsthand about the Spanish flu, the advent of the automobile, world wars, cold wars, guerrilla wars, and Sputnik — that's all ancient history now. But what else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That's the reality of getting old, and I guess that's really the crux of the matter. I'm not ready to be old yet.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

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#28

“Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?”
― Euripides

tags: death, philosophical, profound, wisdom

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#29

“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.”
― Mark Twain

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#30

“Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.”
― Michael Crichton, The Lost World

tags: maturity

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