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    Carl Novakovich
    “A spell... this is real life, not some magical world - what kind of an alternate reality did I stumble into?”
    ― Carl Novakovich, The Watchers: The Tomb
    tags: drama, dystopian-fiction, evil, fantasy, good-and-evil, sci-fi, supernatural, suspense, thriller
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    Richard Polak
    “What is it that inspires you? What do you love to do? What would you do for free? At the beginning of my busi-ness career, my why was to become a millionaire, not a good why! And why not? Because that is an aspiration rather than a why. Aspirations, I have found, won’t fuel me when the going gets tough. But a true “why” will.”
    ― Richard Polak
    tags: business-success, learning, self-help, self-improvement
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    M.R. Noble
    “she told me to be my own hero. Inside of all of us was the potential for greatness—all it took was a change in perspective. “You can burn brighter than they can, if you have too.”
    ― M. R. Noble, Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes
    tags: avenger, dark-magic, falsely-accused, fantasy, magical-world, mythical-creatures, on-the-run, romance, underworld, vampires
    75 likes

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    Richard Wright
    “If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.”
    ― Richard Wright, Black Boy
    tags: coming-out-of-the-closet, community, self-identity
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    Anthony Doerr
    “Because of the diamond in your coat pocket. Because I left it here to protect you. All it has done is put me in more danger. Then why hasn’t the house been hit? Why hasn’t it caught fire? It’s a rock, Papa. A pebble. There is only luck, bad or good. Chance and physics. Remember? You are alive. I am only alive because I have not yet died.”
    ― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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    Markus Zusak
    “Sometimes people are beautiful.
    Not in looks.
    Not in what they say.
    Just in what they are.”
    ― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
    tags: beauty, life
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    Tom Sechrist
    “You never fail until you quit trying.”
    ― Tom Sechrist
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    Haruki Murakami
    “When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
    tags: inspirational
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    Ursula Hegi
    “Deine Anpassungsfäheigkeit—Your ability to adapt,” her husband said, “is far more dangerous to you than any of them will ever be. You’ll keep adapting and adapting until nothing is left.”
    ― Ursula Hegi, Stones from the River
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    Michael Pollan
    “The transformation which occurs in the cauldron is quintessential and wondrous, subtle and delicate. The mouth cannot express it in words.”
    ― Michael Pollan, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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    Shannon Hale
    “They finished laughing and caught their breaths, and looked at each other, and Ani thought Geric looked at her too long, as though he forgot he was looking, as though he did not wish to do anything else. She looked back. Her heart took its time quieting down.”
    ― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl
    tags: love, true
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    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
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    Stephanie Perkins
    “Callipygian. Having shapely buttocks. Nice one, Bridge.”
    ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
    tags: big-words, butts
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Agatha Christie
    “Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.”
    ― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds
    tags: agatha, agatha-christie, bestselling, christie, fiction, hercule, hercule-poirot, mystery, poirot, suspense
    36 likes



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