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  • #1
    “«I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.
    ... I am a librarian ... !»
    Stephen Sommers
    (The Mummy, 1999. Line spoken by Rachel Weisz as Evie Carnahan)”
    Stephen Sommers, The Mummy

  • #2
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    “A picture of a complete apple tree, however accurate, is in a certain sense much less like the tree itself than is a little daisy.”
    Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value

  • #3
    Ashby Jones
    “Being born upside-down was just the first irony in Suzanne's life, a forewarning that her struggle with existence had just begun.”
    Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

  • #4
    Sara Pascoe
    “His mother always told him he would “be a real somebody, be important someday.” And now that she was gone, he wanted to prove her right all the more.”
    Sara Pascoe, Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum

  • #5
    “When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them.”
    A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

  • #6
    “We are humiliated and disillusioned once again by our own countrymen because they attempt to trample on us, which increases our isolation and unimportance.”
    Dorlies von Kaphengst Meissner Rasmussen, Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime

  • #7
    Gary Clemenceau
    “About a third of the motel was painted a sandy beige, with a tide line of rain revealing the original color: faded green, the color of old money.”
    Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity

  • #8
    Sybrina Durant
    “As we draw connections between magical knights and actinides, we discover the remarkable potential of both, inspiring us to appreciate the bravery of a knight and the power of an element, each playing pivotal roles in their own stories.”
    Sybrina Durant, Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Actinide Knights

  • #9
    Theasa Tuohy
    “Quite," Detective Vidal pronounced as though he'd learned his English in a British finishing school. "Even Madame Rachel, who sat right beside, could not tell.”
    Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

  • #10
    Max Nowaz
    “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

  • #11
    “Sometimes truths are what we run from, and sometimes they are what we seek.”
    R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

  • #12
    Markus Zusak
    “Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have longed for it so much. he must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.”
    Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

  • #13
    Mario Puzo
    “Fill my head with any thoughts but those that fill it now.' She could not yet cry, for her tears were far too deep to reach.”
    Mario Puzo, The Family

  • #14
    Chris Cleave
    “I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.”
    Chris Cleave, Little Bee

  • #15
    Jonathan Swift
    “plodding”
    Jonathan Swift, The Adventure Collection: Treasure Island, The Jungle Book, Gulliver's Travels, White Fang, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

  • #16
    Michael Shaara
    “There ought to be more than just that metallic end, and then silence, then the worms, and sometimes he believed, but just this moment he did not believe at all...there was nothing beyond the sound of the guns...not even silence, just an end.”
    Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels



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