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#1

“Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

tags: captivating, facts, fiction, france, historical, human-history, king-edward, period, political-obstacles, researched

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#2

“In the rose garden, the flowers are maneuvering toward the winter sunshine and the alluring sound of the koi pond’s waterfall makes you think it has a crush on you. You offer no resistance—you are done (at least temporarily) with the “regular” world.”
― Tom Hillman, Digging for God

tags: deep, descriptive, fiction, love, make-believe, meaningful, nature, refreshing, romance, self-reflecting

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#3

“We know about the wildlife for God’s sake!” screamed Aideen. “We’re being attacked by a feckin’ pack of chimpanzees right now! Get us out of here!”
― Steven Decker, The Balance of Time

tags: contemporary, death, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, general, life, paranormal, sci-fi, travel-adventure

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#4

“Today I plan to smile a lot, only so people who know me will be freaked the fuck out.”
― R.D. Ronald

tags: daily-goals, funny, humour, humour-quote, humourosly-inspirational, smile

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#5

“Their lips met in a slow, languid kiss. Salt from her tears mixed with her natural sweetness. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed closer. Her softness, her scent, she filled and overran his senses. He mouthed another kiss against her lips. Heat flared inside his abdomen when she opened her mouth, and kissed him back with firmer lips.

He sank into her embrace, the heated connection she offered. A kinetic warmth surged through him, lighting, igniting dormant pieces inside—like someone returning home . . . A soft groan, hushed breaths. Their mouths parted and found each other again. He slid his hand behind her neck as he deepened the kiss.”
― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath

tags: adversity, drama, funny, love, ptsd, relationship, romance, spicy, suspense, witty

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#6

“ At one side of the creek, she builds a small cairn of stones underneath a large, oak tree. “In remembrance of Aunt Beca,” she says. “Thank you for all the things you taught me. For all the times you listened when I needed someone to talk to. For all the love and support you offered me.”
― Dawn Chalker, Lost and Found

tags: family, family-life, grateful, grief, listening, loss, memory, page-turner, passion, support

111 likes

#7

“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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#8

“The salt of Elat stored on the deck began to dissolve and the purple colour in the water deepened as it spread out. As the concentration of salt increased around the first transport, the ferocity of the othium fires became more intense. In a few moments the heat and the salt caused the othium to reach critical level, and a huge explosion blew both transports into matchwood. The blasts grew in intensity as rock after rock exploded.”
― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy

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#9

“The wilderness is uncomfortable, pushes your limits and is unavoidable.”
― Kathryn Krick, The Secret of the Anointing: Accessing the Power of God to Walk in Miracles

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#10

“A mighty flame follows a tiny spark.”
― Dante

tags: poetry

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#11

“i have no point in procrastinating any longer..”
― Flora Rheta Schreiber

tags: laziness, life

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#12

“How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

tags: feminism

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#13

“But by the end of two years, most have either changed careers or moved to suburban schools - a consequence of low pay, a lack of support from the educational bureaucracy, and a pervasive feeling of isolation.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

tags: teachers

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#14

“Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me that I had more to learn from the people I work with than I could ever hope to teach them.”
― Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

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#15

“Remember that day I made you the elevator?” he suddenly asks.

I give him a faint smile. “How could I forget?”

“That was the day I had my first kiss.”

My smile fades.

“I’m better now,” He sets the apple beside me. “At kissing, just so you know.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

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#16

“Love doesn’t make you a poet; it makes you poetry.”
― Yarro Rai

tags: love, love-quotes, poet, poetry, poets, writers

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#17

“If the Agency could become a container for something neither Anna nor Mary had known before: a family. Now, without Caroline depending on her, Anna was alone. It did not taste good. There were voices inside: I am risking everything; I could lose everything.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: action, detective, fiction, fiction-novel, murder, realistic, thriller

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#18

“A ray of sunlight poked through the mass of angry clouds.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood

tags: action-packed, bloodshed, drama, fight, genetics, love, lovers, sci-fi, thrilling, war

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#19

“The trail to the Assam frontier lies in that direction,” said the Duwa, pointing to the north … I am scared about proceeding further during the rains. I may not be able to recross the rivers and, moreover, I hear that numerous people have died on the trek and their sprawling bodies would be close companions for us all day and every day.” I felt a creepy sensation down my spine but I did not continue the subject just then. I knew that if the Duwa and his villagers decided not to come with us to the frontier we should be in a sorrier plight than ever. Captain Gribble”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942

tags: defeat, fear, helplessness, hidden-secrets, history, insight, insightful, isolation, truth, war

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#20

“Sometimes he missed the numbed, walking-underwater feeling feel that the cocktail of narcotics used to give him. But if a situation went down in here, he was going to need all of his wits to get out of it.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: comfortably-numb, drugs, impending-doom

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#21

“A experiência de ser acordada de um sono profundo pela peça – e logo depois lançada a uma certeza tão intensa do poder das mulheres, das pessoas e do mundo, por conta dos movimentos que gerou – fez com que eu, artista, me tornasse ativista política.”
― Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues

tags: arte, ativismo-político

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#22

“You can't be nobody's frien' an' slave both."
"How come, Pappy?"
"'Cause friend's don't own one 'nother.”
― Alex Haley, Roots

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#23

“there is no collective guilt,...guilt is individual, like salvation.”
― Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File

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#24

“What kind of a place is Expectations?" inquired Milo,unable to see the humor and feeling very doubtful of the
little man's sanity.
"Good question, good question," he exclaimed. "Expectations
is the place you must always go to before you
get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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#25

“I think what y'all are doing is great." (The Dave Ramsey Show, September 2012)”
― Dave Ramsey

tags: debt-free, travel

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#26

“Tell him next, that crimes cause their own detection. There's another bit of copy-book morality for you, Fosco. Crimes cause their own detection. What infernal humbug!”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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