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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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    Michael Wyndham Thomas
    “After that, nothing was the same. The very notion of my having a family turned vague, hard to credit, even weirdly jokey.”
    ― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows
    tags: adventure, danger, drama, emotional, emotions, family, fiction, literary, literary-fiction, loss
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  • #3
    Sara Pascoe
    “The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: action, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, historical-fantasy, magic, thriller, urban-fantasy, ya-paranormal
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  • #4
    Michael Parker
    “Never Give Up!”
    ― Michael Parker
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  • #5
    Alan Bradley
    “From the vaulted arches several stories above us, entire, mature trees were growing, reaching leafy boughs down into the open air between the floor and ceiling. There was a full glade growing up there, oak, birch, maple, and elm, like someone had carved out a few acres of the park and fixed it there upside down.”
    ― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough
    tags: drama, dramatic, emotional-depth, entertaining, fiction-writing, insight, mystery, supernatural-intrigue, tense, thought-provoking
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  • #6
    Andri E. Elia
    “I encouraged her to find a good man and clip his wings now that Frost wouldn’t be around to drive all her suitors away.”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
    tags: action, bravery, exciting, fast-paced, good-vs-evil, heroes, loyalty, sacrifice, violence, weapons
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    “I gave up on any hope of redemption long ago. Hell, at this point I’m simply waiting to die. So, leave before you waste any more of your time. I can’t and frankly don’t deserve to help you… 
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    ― Cade Mengler, The Companions
    tags: action-adventure, coward, dark-horror, fear, memories, reality, relics, saving-the-world, trauma, warrior-prince
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  • #8
    Robert Reid
    “At the end of one of the bookshelves she picked up a very old book. It was truly ancient, and woven into the cover was a motif of joined hands which merged into three words: Aonaibh Ri Chéile. The dedication on the inside cover was simply “To Elbeth with Love.” The author was someone called Angus Ferguson”
    ― Robert Reid, The Emperor
    tags: drama, exciting, gunpowder, imagination, intrigue, literary-fiction, love, mysterious, orphan
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  • #9
    John Berendt
    “The South is one big drag show, honey [...].”
    ― John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
    tags: chablis
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  • #10
    Jojo Moyes
    “Just live well. Just live”
    ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
    tags: life-lessons
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  • #11
    Marjane Satrapi
    “Life hangs from so slender a thread. Life is but a sigh...”
    ― Marjane Satrapi
    tags: wisdom
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  • #12
    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Poetry aside, a religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends, myths, or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of beliefs, values, and rules with which to regulate a culture or a society.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
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  • #13
    Carson McCullers
    “I know, but what is it all about? People loose and at
    the same time caught. Caught and loose. All these people
    and you don’t know what joins them up. There’s bound to
    be some sort of reason and connection. Yet somehow I
    can’t seem to name it. I don’t know.”
    “If you did you would be God,” said Berenice. “Didn’t
    you know that?”
    ― Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding
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