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    “We’ve got to go to the police,” Alec repeated. He wondered if somebody was actually dead or if the vicar had imagined it. But then there was the bloody cassock.
    “Come with me,” Father Joe pleaded. “It’s just down the road in my vestry. And then we can decide what we should do about the police.”
    Alec thought he might as well. There might be a story in it if it was something to do with Charlotte de Tournet. Would people remember her disappearance? It was so long ago. But then there was the connection to Baroness Freya Saumures …”
    ― Hugo Woolley, The Wasp Trap
    tags: deception, dual-timelines, english-village, investigative-reporting, police-procedurals, star-crossed-lovers, tension, unfulfilled-love, war-correspondent, wartime-trauma
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
    tags: war
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    C. Toni Graham
    “We all care about what others think. Those that say the don’t will ponder how others feel about that. ”
    ― C. Toni Graham
    tags: barriers, be-proud, chase-dreams, conquering, dreamer, life, love, respect, smile, soar
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    Kenneth Schmitt
    “This is a quantum universe. Everything in it is part of quantum theory, and universal consciousness is the first cause of it all. Everything is electromagnetic energy, and all of the energy patterns are held in consciousness.”
    ― Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness
    tags: collective, electromagnetic, energy-patterns, existence, frequencies, human-existence, thought-waves, universal-conciousness, universal-energy, waves
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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “Satan’s breath be damned, the nasty beast is still in there.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood
    tags: bloodshed, destruction, gripping, hope, intriguing, knight, mission, space, time-travel, turmoil
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    Jana Petken
    “She, of course, had to tell him that her knowledge was due to her great love of books and”
    ― Jana Petken, The Guardian of Secrets
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    Michael Crichton
    “And I think the answer is that we are, in reality, terribly frail animals. And we don't like to be reminded of how frail we are—how delicate the balances are inside our own bodies, how short our stay on Earth, and how easily it is ended.”
    ― Michael Crichton, Sphere
    tags: death, frailty, humanity
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    Lewis Carroll
    “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more, nor less.”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
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    Gail Carson Levine
    “We kissed and were wed.”
    ― Gail Carson Levine, Ogre Enchanted
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    Marissa Meyer
    “Thorne glared at him. "Whatever, Doctor. It's just, when Cress thought she was in love with me, she was actually in love with this other guy she'd made up in her head, who was brave and selfless and stuff. I mean, he was a real catch, so who could blame her? Even I liked that guy. I kind of wish I was that guy." He shrugged.

    "Are you so sure you're not?”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Winter
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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: religion
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  • #12
    “There once was a dog named Bonnie who had lived in a library since she was a puppy.”
    ― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words
    tags: book-lovers, bookish-kids, childrens-books, cozy-reads, library-life, picture-book, read-aloud, storytime
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  • #13
    “Many professionals on LinkedIn are experts who are always willing to help students; they like young ambition, and they would like to pass their expertise on to others!”
    ― Pilar Calvoz Cordón, Shape Your Path at IE University : What to expect from Spain’s Instituto de Empresa University
    tags: ambition, career-advice, linked-in, mentorship, nonfiction, professional-learning, student-networking
    52 likes

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    K. Ritz
    “My tongue learned me. Pity yours didn’t learn to be quiet.
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    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: bitey-dialogue, character-voice, court-intrigue, dry-wit, fantasy, memorable-line, power-dynamics, sass
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    Max Nowaz
    “One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
    tags: action-packed, adventure, aliens, challenge, compelling, drama, fast-paced, science-fiction, struggles, thrilling
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    JoDee Neathery
    “Summer Mackie didn’t fall. She was pushed. I hollered . . . then poof, gone.”
    "By whom?” asked Conner.
                "There were only three of them on the ledge. I gotta go. . . .”
    ― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush
    tags: blame, challenges, fiction, guilt, insight, mystery, novel, suspense, thriller, tradgedy
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  • #17
    “Consider and then act, don't react. A worthy opponent will calculate his move to entice a response from you. Make your own play.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: calculate, consider, strategy
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    J. Rose Black
    “I hear I'm stronger than I look.”
    ― J. Rose Black, The Real Ones
    tags: book-quotes, comeback-energy, confidence, empowerment, new-adult-romance, resilience, self-worth, sports-romance, strong-heroine
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    Susan Rowland
    “Rain darkened with the approaching night, while the wind howled as if it was in pain.
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    ― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders
    tags: dark-atmosphere, gothic-tone, moody-mystery, page-turner-energy, storm-chasers, urban-fantasy, weather-as-character
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    Rich DiSilvio
    “As the waiter took their orders, Morgan took another sip of his sherry, and declared, “Well, as you said, man has already laid steel tracks into that pristine landscape.”
    ― Rich DiSilvio, A Blazing Gilded Age
    tags: american-expansion, gilded-age, historical-fiction, industry-vs-nature, period-detail, railroads, social-themes, thoughtful-quote
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “            It was stated by an Australian Army Officer, “Phuoc Tuy offers the perfect terrain for guerrilla warfare. It has a long coastline with complex areas of mangrove swamps, isolated ranges of very rugged mountains and a large area of uninhabited jungle containing all of the most loathsome combinations of thorny bamboos, poisonous snakes, insects, malaria, dense underbrush, swamps and rugged ground conditions that the most dedicated guerrilla warfare expert could ask for.”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy
    tags: documented, history-resource, leaders, research, southeast-asia, strategy, tactical, veterans, vietnam
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  • #22
    “Music Is the Language of Emotions”
    ― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean
    tags: art-and-soul, creative-life, emotional-truth, human-experience, music-lovers, philosophical-fiction, reading-mood
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    John Patrick Kennedy
    “Nothing dies in Hell.”
    ― John Patrick Kennedy, Plague of Angels
    tags: death, hell, plague-of-angel
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  • #24
    Ken Follett
    “He was only a boy from a Welsh hill village who had the good fortune to become a monk. Today he would speak to the king. What gave him the right?”
    ― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
    tags: prior-philip
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    Jerry Spinelli
    “In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.”
    ― Jerry and Eileen Spinelli, Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself
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  • #26
    Audrey Niffenegger
    “There are several ways to react to being lost. One is to panic: this was usually Valentina's first impulse. Another is to abandon yourself to lostness, to allow the fact that you've misplaced yourself to change the way you experience the world.”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry
    tags: inspirational, life, travel
    219 likes

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  • #27
    Dante Alighieri
    “Love rules me. It determines what I ask.”
    ― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
    tags: beatrice, love
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  • #28
    Lemony Snicket
    “Life isn't fair," he said, in his undisguised voice, and for once the Baudelaire orphans agreed with every word the man said.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The End
    103 likes



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