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    Amos Smith
    “Theology at its best doesn’t seek to solve, but to behold.”
    ― Amos Smith, Healing the Divide: Recovering Christianity's Mystic Roots
    tags: christian-mystics, jesus-paradox
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    Sara Pascoe
    “And she was right. No matter how they tried, the two humans, with the cat but without the microchip, couldn’t connect to headquarters. Raya heard a loud popping sound in her mind, like a huge rubber band being snapped, like a glider plane released from a Piper Cub.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: adventure, drama, fiction, historical-fantasy, magic, occult, supernatural, teen-ya, urban-fantasy, ya-paranormal
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    “Whether you are on day one of being a Christian or day fifteen thousand, you should always have a teachable heart before God.”
    ― Kathryn Krick, The Secret of the Anointing: Accessing the Power of God to Walk in Miracles
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    Robert Reid
    “The Elder of Ewart spoke out. “Your words are powerful, Ala Moire, yet they will not suffice. The Dewar commands 50,000 troops in Erbea. We are unskilled in war. We have no hope of defeating or even slowing down this invasion. All we can do is hope to treat with them and negotiate some settlement. If this means we bow our heads, so be it. I will not call simple allegiance to a foreign king slavery. Unless the Dewar wants to rape our land, he can have my fealty.”
    ― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire
    tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy
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    “He turned and saw Becky, crying in the doorway of her house. What was he doing here? Turning back he saw flashing blue lights at the end of the road, and realised the ringing in his ears was the sound of approaching sirens.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room
    tags: impending-doom, reality-check, realization
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    J. Rose Black
    “He clamped his eyes shut and waited for the pang of something he could no longer name to subside; it plucked at steel threads holding him together and reverberated through his system.”
    ― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath
    tags: compelling, drama, friends, friendship, humorous-american-fiction, humorous-fiction, journey, literary, romantic-comedy, steamy-romance
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  • #7
    “Various large trees— willowy peppers and especially the pines—seem to be reaching down to hold your hand.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: descriptive, fiction, humour, insightful, realistic, refreshing, relateable, soul-healing, spiritual, thought-provoking
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    Lotchie Burton
    “Everything about him screamed in warning, “Caution: dangerous terrain ahead.” A warning that both intrigued and provoked her proceed-at-your-own-risk nature.”
    ― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire
    tags: action, adventure, drama, excitement, exciting, fiction, friendship, intrigue, kidnap, thrilling
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “Kurt, could you please serve this invoice upon the Prussian Pickle, the Major General von Trotha for  the disrupting the legitimate working of F..H. Schmidt Engineering Services?”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
    tags: action, conflict, drama, educational, fiction, historical, insightful, justice, political-intrigue
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    Oliver Sacks
    “That those who entered such nursing homes needed meaning—a life, an identity, dignity, self-respect, a degree of autonomy—was ignored or bypassed;”
    ― Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
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    Robert Fulghum
    “The seeds of the day are best planted in the first hour. DUTCH PROVERB”
    ― Robert Fulghum, From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives
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    Lisa Genova
    “Uszka—little ear-shaped pastas filled with sautéed wild mushrooms.”
    ― Lisa Genova, Every Note Played
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    Jean M. Auel
    “Begouen in the Volp Valley—l’Enlene, Trois-Freres, and Tuc-”
    ― Jean M. Auel, The Land of Painted Caves
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    Jane Smiley
    “And she had gone off from her husband to live by herself with the priests, had she not? Does a man, seeing a trinket lying before him in the grass, fail to pick it up?”
    ― Jane Smiley, The Greenlanders
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