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    Barbara Sontheimer
    “Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother.  She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze.  She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.”
    Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

  • #2
    Susan  Rowland
    “The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,” he said. “It plants words as I plant stones. The Scroll-maker is my brother. He paints the mysteries of God while I, guided by the Mother, built the new Hall as a door to heaven,” he said.”
    Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

  • #3
    Carolyn M. Bowen
    “Life was better than he expected with his new Italian family inheritance, and it felt good to take a deep breath without fear of someone attacking him or his family.”
    Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller

  • #4
    Rebecca Rosenberg
    “Heard straight from Napoleon’s mouth himself,” I say. “Champagne! In victory we deserve it, and in defeat we need it.”
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

  • #5
    Yvonne Korshak
    “Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?” he asked. Yellow hair like hers was rare among the Greeks. Though some people say that Helen of Troy . . .”
    Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

  • #6
    Nancy Omeara
    “An Affair With The Media
    Being President presupposes a relationship with the media. One does have control over the intimacy of that connection.
    My media association might be best represented by the following interview, recently undertaken for this book:
    “What do you think of Newstime’s review of your book, Madam President?”
    “Newstime’s review? Surely you mean Bill Bologna who works for Newstime?”
    “Well, yes.”
    “Now, Bill Bologna. What has he published?”
    “He’s a critic. He does reviews.”
    “Oh, he gets paid for reading what other people have published and then writing what he thinks of their writing?”
    Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

  • #7
    Philip Gourevitch
    “Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.”
    Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

  • #8
    Cecelia Ahern
    “Not like a heart, which let people in without permission, held them in a special place she never had any say in and then yearned for them to remain there longer than they planned.”
    Cecelia Ahern, If You Could See Me Now

  • #9
    Neil Gaiman
    “Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
    Neil Gaiman

  • #10
    Cassandra Clare
    “Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.”
    Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

  • #11
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    “For, as Professor Turner has pointed out, “history originated as myth” and becomes a “social memory” to which men can appeal, “knowing it will provide justification for their present actions or convictions.” If”
    Barbara W. Tuchman, Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour



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