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  • #1
    “The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: defeated, philosophical-reflection
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    Max Nowaz
    “He was sure people detested accountants; they were boring. In fact, he had put down his profession as an airline pilot on the form he had filled in for a dating agency. As an airline pilot you could be away just the right amount of time, when you needed a break from your love life, without facing awkward questions from her when you got back.”
    ― 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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  • #3
    Elizabeth Tebby Germaine
    “Hi Hazel Well here I am in the office and it’s dead quiet. What I’ll do is email pics of some of the stuff in the files and the comments with them. This is exactly what you wanted – stuff about the Games people played together with comments people made. Perfect!”
    ― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
    tags: autism, frightening, ghost, haunted, heart-breaking, illusion, love, pain, struggles, vatican-archives
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  • #4
    Mike Martin
    “He mixed his sacred medicines and smudged. Afterward, he sat there for a moment to allow the smoke to come into his body and spirit. This one act connected him, even if briefly, to himself and to what he believed was the spirit world. In that space he offered thanks to those who had come before him and asked for help in this world, not just for himself but for anyone who might be struggling this morning.”
    ― Mike Martin, Too Close For Comfort
    tags: crime-story, curiosity, danger, humour, inspector, newfoundland, page-turner, police-force, protect, suspicious
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  • #5
    Rebecca Harlem
    “Oversensitivity isn’t a problem, it’s your strength. It simply indicates you are more human than others. You should be proud of yourself.”
    ― Rebecca Harlem, The Pink Cadillac
    tags: emotions, fulfilment, love, marriage, modern, passion, personal-growth, profound, relationships, understanding
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    Susan Rowland
    “Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,” she directed at the Falconers, “Sir Viktor’s holding a house party for the convenience of the police. It’s like an old-fashioned mystery novel.”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: drama, excitement, fiction-novel, investigation, murder-mystery, mysterious, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller
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  • #7
    A.R. Merrydew
    “This book is dedicated to those in life whom I have met and by virtue of those encounters, have helped to shape the content herein.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, From The Pen Of An Aquarian: Love, hope and darker moments
    tags: poem-poetry-poet-poetry-poet, poems, poems-on-letting-go, poems-on-life, poems-on-life-inspirational, poems-on-love, poetry
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  • #8
    Ayn Rand
    “Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought.”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
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  • #9
    Walter Isaacson
    “On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on.”
    ― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
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  • #10
    Frederick Forsyth
    “Al fin y al cabo, los escritores son criaturas raras, y más si intentan ganarse la vida escribiendo.”
    ― Frederick Forsyth, El intruso: Mi vida en clave de intriga
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  • #11
    Cassandra Clare
    “So you don't ever get angry at him?"
    Jem laughed out loud. "I would hardly say that. Sometimes I want to strangle him."
    "How on earth do you prevent yourself?"
    "I go to my favorite place in London," said Jem, "and I stand and look at the water, and I think about the continuity of life, and how the river rolls on, oblivious of the petty upsets in our lives."
    Tessa was fascinated. "Does that work?"
    "Not really, but after that I think about how I could kill him while he slept if I really wanted to, and then I feel better.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
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  • #12
    Victoria Dougherty
    “Vera had also hated lipstick, Marzipan and Lutherans - excluding her husband, but not her late mother-in-law. Most of all she hated being governed by anyone or anything.”
    ― Victoria Dougherty, The Bone Church
    tags: cold-war, historical-fiction, thriller, wwii
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