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    “I'm not into this whole "move with the times" thing. I reckon we should just decide on a year and stick with it.”
    ― R.D. Ronald
    tags: cynicism, humour, life, philosophy, writers-life
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    “McDonalds? Never heard of it. We are going to have to find out where it is and take the whole family.”
    ― R. Gerry Fabian, Just Out Of Reach
    tags: childhood-innocence, curiosity, farm-life, great-aunt, historical-fiction, identity-struggles, moral-dilemmas, personal-growth, poignant, trust
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    “Our experiences are all a result of our personal energy signature, which develops from our focus of attention. Once we realize this, we can create a world of light and love in our personal consciousness, which also flows into the consciousness of humanity and the entire cosmos.”
    ― Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness
    tags: awareness, cosmos, energy-flow, photons, quantum-energy, quantum-entanglement, quantum-realm, space-and-time, subatomic-particles, unseen-energies
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    Lesley Glaister
    “She hurries out of the hammering rain into the puddled shelter of St Pancras. As arranged, he's waiting outside WH Smith, and her heart jerks like a bad dog on a lead.”
    ― Lesley Glaister, A Particular Man
    tags: connection, emotional-depth, emotional-thriller, forbidden-connections, haunting, historical, legacy, moral-dilemmas, powerful, survivor-s-guilt
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    A.R. Merrydew
    “   ‘I knew it, I knew it, I damn well knew it,’ he shouted. ‘The President was right you’re all infected with this wretched MeMe chromosome even at the dawn of your pathetic little planet’s evolution. You do realise of course there’s no hope for you. It’s all going to be a complete and utter waste of time. You and your little planet are all doomed.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange
    tags: excitement, fast-paced, full-on, funny, galaxy, gripping, sci-fi
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    “The violence of nature masks the beauty and joy that hide just beneath the surface.”
    ― Jack Borden, The Lost City: An Epic YA Fantasy Novel
    tags: avelyn, family-bonds, immersive, mythical-creatures, sacred-magic, self-discovery, strong-female-protagonist, sword-of-light, thrilling, ya-fantasy
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    Ken Kesey
    “I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen.”
    ― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
    tags: truth
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    Jung Chang
    “When I arrived in London, although I could manage to read a lot—Nineteen Eighty-four was one of the first books I devoured, marveling constantly at how aptly Orwell’s description fitted Mao’s China—the idiomatic use of English was beyond me.”
    ― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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    Haruki Murakami
    “مع مرور الزمن، سوف تفهمين.. ما يدوم، يدوم، وما لا يدوم لا يدوم، الزمن كفيل بعلاج معظم الأشياء، وما لا يستطيع أن يعالجه الزمن.. يتعين عليك أن تعالجيه بنفسك.”
    ― هاروكي موراكامي, رقص... رقص... رقص...
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    Yevgeny Zamyatin
    “Children are the only bold philosophers. And bold philosophers are invariably children. Exactly, just like children, we must always ask, 'And what next?”
    ― Yevgeny Zamyatin, WE
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    Nevil Shute
    “engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound;”
    ― Nevil Shute, Slide Rule
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  • #12
    Ray Bradbury
    “The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.”
    ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
    tags: dawn, dressing, innovation, introspection, melancholy, philosophical, philosophy, progress, thinking, thought
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