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  • #1
    “Always move forward. Don’t dwell on the if-onlys.”
    ― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre
    tags: danger-zone, dark, deception, edge-of-your-seat, gritty, intelligence, justice-seeker, psychological-tension, pursuit, rogue-soldier
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    Margarita Barresi
    “The bang of the modernist metal doorknocker exploded in the room. Jolting upright on the edge of the couch, Isa froze, her heart beating a discordance of dread. Her mind went blank as she stared
    at the door. No.”
    ― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage
    tags: class-conflict, debut-novel, gripping, identity, inner-turmoil, lush-landscapes, real-estate, societal-expectations, suspenseful, tropical-settings
    241 likes

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  • #3
    C. Toni Graham
    “Keep writing, dreaming and creating. There are no boundaries to your imagination. Writers are gifts to the world.”
    ― C. Toni Graham
    tags: attitude, blessing, education, goodness, inspiration, life, motivation, nonfiction, uplifting
    75 likes

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  • #4
    “Deliverance is not scary—it is the most beautiful, loving act of Jesus. It is the moment someone finally walks into the freedom that was always meant for them.”
    ― Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression
    tags: destiny, focus, god, grow, learn, love, peace, spirit, teaching, views
    654 likes

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  • #5
    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
    170 likes

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  • #6
    Sara Pascoe
    “She peeped through one of the small holes in the outer wall rising up from the walkway. The world on the outside was nothing but countryside now. Dirt roads, like chocolate ribbons, disappeared into woods or green fields in the distance.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: action, drama, fantasy, fiction, iction, paranormal, teen-ya, urban
    410 likes

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  • #7
    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “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
    92 likes

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    “There are so many wild animals on the property. It makes the ashram Noah’s Arkish. All the wildlife is intact; watching the animals adds to the safety and rescue aspects of the ashram. The ashram’s pristine environment along with
its celibacy policy and abundance of food is like a Garden of Eden. Like starting over! You forget about sex and spending your whole paycheck on organic apples.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: fiction, god, hope, journey, life, nature, relateable, soul-healing, values
    211 likes

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  • #9
    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow
    tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel
    402 likes

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  • #10
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    “Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.”
    ― Rainer Maria Rilke
    tags: ego, fame, openness, patience, receptivity
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  • #11
    W. Somerset Maugham
    “Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.”
    ― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
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  • #12
    Richard Matheson
    “I will try to be consistent, no longer oscillating like some planet that has lost its way. For, at long last, I have found my sun.”
    ― Richard Matheson, Somewhere In Time
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  • #13
    Omar Farhad
    “In the land of blinds, one eye king”
    ― Omar Farhad, Honor and Polygamy
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  • #14
    Kathleen Zamboni McCormick
    “The Mother of God. Good-looking. Well-dressed. A good person. Knows how to make the absolute best of a situation. And never uppity about any of it.”
    ― Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood
    228 likes



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