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    K. Ritz
    “Gossip is like thread wound over a spindle of truth, changing its shape.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fiction, historical-fantasy, intrigue, magic, mystery
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    “She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,” the priest said.”
    ― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted
    tags: detective, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, mystery, noir, noir-mystery, pi, private-investigation
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    “Ugh! only she could meet a gorgeous new guy and make a fool of herself. Remy thought.”
    ― Hope Worthington, Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1
    tags: adventure, fantasy, fascinating, fiction-novel, literary-fiction, magic, magic-cultures, mystery, spiritual, wit
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    Becky Wilde
    “Stay happy and healthy. Take time to read a good book and live your dreams. I am and loving it!”
    ― Becky Wilde, Tessa's Chosen
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    Yvonne Korshak
    “Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word—Athens. It lit up the darkness in her mind, like the single glint her eyes fixed on above the distant gray-green hills.”
    ― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
    tags: adventure, athens, democracy, educational, evolution, fiction, greece, love, love-story, novel
    352 likes

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    Rebecca Rosenberg
    “I should have known you would create your own castle one day, You didn't need me, after all.”
    ― Rebecca Rosenberg, Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne
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    Andri E. Elia
    “Let a sleeping dragon lie.”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
    tags: action, coming-of-age, drama, fantasy-fiction, fantasy-novel, fiction, literary-fiction, sci-fi-adventure, space-opera
    144 likes

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    John Rachel
    “The spring breeze felt like the warm breath of a child on Kumiko’s face. It played delicately with her hair like tiny fingers, and made the trees whisper a breathless song.”
    ― John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
    tags: drug-cartels, drug-trafficking, japan, japanese-culture, kenya, love-connection, nigeria, true-crime, uganda
    97 likes

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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
    435 likes

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  • #10
    “There is no such thing as immunity from the joy or pain of the past.”
    ― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter
    tags: dare-to-dream, difficulty, experiences, grit, hope, life-goals, real-life, true-story, uncertainty
    37 likes

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  • #11
    “Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
    ― Founding Fathers, The United States Constitution
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    Ayn Rand
    “I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
    tags: death, die, fountainhead, life, live, mortality
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    Terry Goodkind
    “Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears
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    James Frey
    “Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work. ”
    ― James Frey, A Million Little Pieces
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    tags: eyes, interpretation, mind, soul
    1291 likes



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