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    Yvonne Korshak
    “As Aristocleia raised her cup to toast Xanthippus, her gown slipped from her shoulders, exquisite as Aphrodite’s, and flowed like the water that slid over her naked breasts when she allowed him to watch her bathe. It was wonderful to possess a gem of a woman. It made a man feel beautiful and godlike himself, briefly.”
    ― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
    tags: 5th-century-bc, action, drama, enchantment, entertaining, fiction, literary-fiction, love, romance
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    K. Ritz
    “The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew tea for the cooks. Windows are open to counter the heat of the ovens. Outside, the sky is as black as my soul.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, engaging, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery
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  • #3
    “Cognitive robotics can integrate information from pre-operation medical records with real-time operating metrics to guide and enhance the precision of physicians’ instruments. By processing data from genuine surgical experiences, they’re able to provide new and improved insights and techniques. These kinds of improvements can improve patient outcomes and boost trust in AI throughout the surgery. Robotics can lead to a 21% reduction in length of stay.”
    ― Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
    tags: balance, education, educational, help, improvement, learning, obstacles, past, present, treatment
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    Lisa Kaniut Cobb
    “They don't know what a stand up guy you are." 
    "Even more so, now that I have four legs, right?”
    ― Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley
    tags: chosen-family, curiosity, hardship, intrigue, legend, loss, murder, nature, secrets, young-adult-fiction
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    Therisa Peimer
    “Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the drink in one gulp. Burping unashamedly, she said, "We can't have the validity of the marriage contracts jeopardized because the bride got rat-assed on her wedding day.”
    ― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
    tags: adventure, cult, death, drama, dystopian, fiction, future, mystery, sci-fi
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    Diane Merrill Wigginton
    “Oh, sorry, love. I was just getting out of the shower when I heard this loud commotion in front of my door.” Jake gave her a sloppy grin. “I didn’t realize there was a dress code when coming to the aid of a beautiful neighbor. I’ll keep it in mind for the next time I come running.”
    ― Diane Merrill Wigginton, A Compromising Position
    tags: fight, hardships, humorous-fiction, laugh-out-loud, literary-fiction, new-adult-fiction, reality, rom-com, sadness, uplifting
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    Behcet Kaya
    “And he never asked you about it?”
    “No, he never asked. If he had, I’m still not sure I would have told him.”
    “Told him what?”
    “That is was his baby.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods
    tags: fiction-novel, mystery-suspense, noir-fiction
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    Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin
    “Spouses and lovers may come and go, but our children are our children forever.”
    ― Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures
    tags: battle, desire, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden, mystery, patriarchy, risk, romance, romantic-suspense, rule-breaking
    63 likes

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    Max Nowaz
    “He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
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    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller
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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
    tags: american-historical-romance, historical-romance, historical-victorian-romance, history, love, passion, romance, torment, victorian-romance
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  • #11
    Merlin Franco
    “Manglish is the Malaysian form of English. It’s superior to Singlish when you’re in Malaysia and inferior when you’re in Singapore. It’s known for its love for Malay, Cantonese, Tamil, Mandarin, and Hokkien. Occasionally, there are English terms, too. It’s different from Indian English, which is spoken with a punchy tone, or British English, which is an endangered language in London. A key distinction between Manglish and Singlish is Manglish’s recognition of Tamil words. Singlish denies the existence of inferior Tamil words.”
    ― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker
    tags: colourism, malaysia, racism-quotes, sarcasm, satire-quotes, singapore-literature
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    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.”
    ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
    tags: beauty, music, sadness
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    Robert Graves
    “Why have such scores of lovely, gifted girls
    Married impossible men?
    Simple self-sacrifice may be ruled out,
    And missionary endeavour, nine times out of ten.

    Repeat 'impossible men': not merely rustic,
    Foul-tempered or depraved
    (Dramatic foils chosen to show the world
    How well women behave, and always have behaved).

    Impossible men: idle, illiterate,
    Self-pitying, dirty, sly,
    For whose appearance even in City parks
    Excuses must be made to casual passers-by.

    Has God's supply of tolerable husbands
    Fallen, in fact, so low?
    Or do I always over-value woman
    At the expense of man?
    Do I?
    It might be so.”
    ― Robert Graves
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    Truman Capote
    “I don´t want to own anything until I know I have found the place where me and things belong together. I´m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it´s like.”
    ― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
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    Herman Wouk
    “Shirley doesn’t play fair, you see. What she wants is what a woman should want, always has and always will—big diamond engagement ring, house in a good neighborhood, furniture, children, well-made clothes, furs—but she’ll never say so. Because in our time those things are supposed to be stuffy and dull. She knows that. She reads novels. So, half believing what she says, she’ll tell you the hell with that domestic dullness, never for her. She’s going to paint, that’s what—or be a social worker, or a psychiatrist, or an interior decorator, or an actress, always an actress if she’s got any real looks—but the idea is she’s going to be somebody. Not just a wife. Perish the thought! She’s Lady Brett Ashley, with witty devil-may-care whimsey and shocking looseness all over the place.”
    ― Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar
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    Tina Traverse
    “We Are brothers, tied by blood, in our veins, what we spill. But it is a deadly secret that will forever bind us.”
    ― Tina Traverse, Destiny of the Vampire
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    Margaret Wise Brown
    “I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.”
    ― Margaret Wise Brown
    tags: children, children-s-literature
    55 likes



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