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    Max Nowaz
    “Where’s my uncle?” she asked.
    “I don’t know who your uncle is, but if it as the guy who owned this place before I bought it, then he’s pushing up daisies.”
    “But it can’t be, he’s still young.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fiction, intrigue, magic, mystery, survival, thriller, urban-fantasy, witches
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning blow!” (Giap, 1990)”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
    tags: american-army, commandos, defence, division, french-army, helpless, invasion, political, special-forces, war
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    Frank Lambert
    “Hestia sighed. ‘Stepping inside a mirror is like stepping into Pandora’s Box. It is a world of illusion and fragility. If the mirror is broken then so, too, will be whoever is inside the mirror at the time it is broken.”
    ― Frank Lambert, Xyz
    tags: changeling, disabled-hero, fantasy-young-adult, mirror, ya-horror
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    Michael Parker
    “Whoever he said he was, thought Marsh, he was not from the immigration department, and the web that he was convinced Walsh had been weaving was beginning to unravel with disastrous and dangerous consequences.”
    ― Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
    tags: action, adventure, exciting, fear, gripping, military, navy, special-ops, thrilling, trauma
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    Susan Rowland
    “But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: betrayal, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, murder, psychological, suspense, thriller
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    Karl Braungart
    “This assignment is my duty to perform for the US Army. My job is outside your command, my friend. You know my security clearance level remains the same. Copying the SCI is a safety measure, in case there is an electrical glitch. So, I believe we’ve talked enough about this subject. Agree?”
    ― Karl Braungart, Lost Identity
    tags: classified, corps, lies, military, nuclear-waste, secrets, syria, tactics, us-v-corps
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    Therisa Peimer
    “Mom, please don't use 'the happy voice.' It reminds me of the day Tinkles died."
    "Who was Tinkles?" Sue asked around a mouthful of pancake.
    "My cat. When I was five, Tinkles died choking on a mouse that was a bit ambitious for a kitten to eat."
    "It was terribly traumatic for Aurelia because it was the first time she'd experienced loss." 
    "What did you do to help her get through it?" 
    Rosalind smiled at Mother Guardian. "Well, after a good cry, we performed an autopsy."
    Aurelia reached for her mother's hand. "I never thanked you for that.”
    ― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
    tags: action-packed, assasination, drama, dystopian, gripping, love, romance, thriller, war
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    Rohinton Mistry
    “He had learned that dignity could not be acquired from accoutrements and accessories; it cam unasked, it grew from one's ability to endure.”
    ― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
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    John Boyne
    “It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before.”
    ― John Boyne, The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
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    Jared Diamond
    “the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss put it, ancient writing’s main function was “to facilitate the enslavement of other human beings.”
    ― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel
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