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#1

“That Santanello had also made a life-long decision to literally erase his art, and in essence himself, from the world of art also struck Armand hard.”
― Rich DiSilvio, The Arnolfini Art Mysteries

tags: art-mystery, artists-journey, book-quotes, emotional-reads, haunting-themes, identity-and-art, mystery-readers, quiet-intensity, vanishing-acts

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#2

“You know I’ve seen a lot of evil,” Kozlowski replied. “But the Four Horsemen? The Apocalypse? Nope. Never worked anything like this. Try not to vomit all over yourself.”
― S.E. Stitcher, The Doomsday Butcher

tags: apocalyptic-suspense, crime-thriller, dark-comedy, fbi-procedural, gallows-humor, serial-killer-thriller, thriller-readers

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#3

“Their temporary home filled with the scent of soup, ink and fresh paper and the reassuring harmonic vibration of piano strings.”
― Marcia Breece, The Last Bottle

tags: bookclubreads, familysaga, historicalfiction, literaryfiction, motherdaughter, musicinfiction, quietmoments

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#4

“What tastes good together in the kitchen often belongs together in the bed.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

tags: companion-planting, edible-garden, garden-ideas, grow-your-own, herbs-and-vegetables, kitchen-garden, vegetable-gardening

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#5

“Being tall and in a scarlet SIB uniform I looked as incongruous as a sunflower in a cabbage field”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

tags: critical-decisions, dangerous-journey, deadly-secrets, explosive-climax, foreign-intrigue, gripping-conclusion, past-catching-up, relentless-thriller, shadowy-world, shocking-revelations

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#6

“Scott glanced at his watch but didn't register what it said. The notion of time had become as absurd as the quietly glowing trees.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: drugs, philosophical-musings, visual-moments

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#7

“Recognize there’s always value in taking the shot as you’re learning and building muscle memory. There is no such thing as perfect.”
― Chitra D. Nawbatt, The CodeBreaker Mindset: The Unwritten Rules for Success

tags: ambition, career-growth, courage, growth-mindset, resilience, self-improvement, taking-chances

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#8

“Helen dared to look up without being invited to do so. “I cannot
thank you enough for your kindness, Lady Consort.”
“Kindness had nothing to do with it. You have skills and training I
need just now, and I intend to use you shamelessly, and expose you to
greater danger.”
“Get in line, Lady Consort,” Helen replied. “Danger-filled usury
seems to be a holiday pastime in this city.”
The Consort stopped pretending to do her needlework. “I could
have you whipped for such insolence, girl.”
“Before or after you use me.”
― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

tags: despair, dystopian-undertones, good-vs-evil, love-triangle, mixed-race-identity, mystical-realms, personal-identity, reluctant-hero, societal-rebellion, speculative-fiction

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#9

“Professionalism is saying no when your client tells you to do something that is not in accord with what you believe is right.”
― Mark C. Zauderer, Counsel, the Courtroom Is Open: Lessons from More Than a Half-Century in Law and Life

tags: career-advice, client-counsel, integrity, law-students, legal-memoir, moral-courage, professional-ethics

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#10

“‎I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that is the only way of insuring one's immortality.”
― James Joyce

tags: immortality, writing

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#11

“If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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#12

“You count the years until you get a varsity jersey, then you're a hero, an idol, a cocky bastard because in this town you can do no wrong. You win and win and you're the king of your own little world, then poof, it's gone. You play your last game and everybody cries. You can't believe it's over. Then another team comes right behind you and you're forgotten.”
― John Grisham, Bleachers

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#13

“#metooasachild”
― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

tags: metooasachild

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#14

“Grief is a most peculiar thing; we're so helpless in the face of it.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

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#15

“He was one of those people with lots of intelligence but no brains”
― Joseph Heller

tags: catch-22, humor, wisdom-in-fiction

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