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    Brian Van Norman
    “I will tell you one final thing. You have your father’s temper. It
    was his weakness as well as his strength. When you are on your own
    you must remember this. Understand your passion and how to curb
    it. If you don’t it will kill you.”
    ― Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution
    tags: adventure, ai, challenge, dystopian, earth, fast-paced, humans, machines, trilogy, war
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    Barry Kirwan
    “They must train you pretty good not to react to shit like that. Must take stuff out of you.” Vince’s eyes intensified then broke her gaze. ‘Actually, it’s more like they put stuff in.”
    ― Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox
    tags: adventure, colonization, cyberpunk, epic, original, sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, space, thriller
    102 likes

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    Donald Montano
    “That man, John Sampson, says he loves me, Max. There is no reason to fight any more. Or to hate. -I showed him I love him back. I haven’t told him yet, but I will. With all my heart.”
    ― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions
    tags: action, adventure, drama, exciting, fast-paced, fiction, history, weapons, westerns
    23 likes

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    Michael G. Kramer
    “She said, “My people of Oxford, you are suffering from the administration of Hugh le Despencer the Elder and his son called Hugh le Despencer the Younger! I have issued warrants for their arrest and bringing to trial for crimes of High Treason against both men and their partner in crime called Edmund Fitzalan! I urge all of you to inform my soldiers of the where-abouts of these men!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
    tags: british-history, culture, drama, enlightening, exploration, fiction-writing, historical-biography, lovers, novel, powerful
    152 likes

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    Milan Kordestani
    “When it comes to meditation, one minute is better than zero. Something is an improvement from nothing.”
    ― Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
    tags: challenging, communication, explore, failures, identity, personal-growth, reflection, societal-expectations, successes
    92 likes

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  • #6
    “Two simple words that will take you far in life: thank you. Don’t underestimate their power.”
    ― Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
    tags: community, faith, fulfilling, insightful, life, live, perseverance, purposeful, transplant, unique-perspective
    74 likes

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    Anne Michaud
    “Eleanor Roosevelt’s determination to rise above her personal pain gave the world one of its great leaders.”
    ― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
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    Dean Mafako
    “One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them what can be done, together.”
    ― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out
    tags: action, doctors, domestic-thriller, family-life, fiction, health, patients, realistic, ruin, strife
    108 likes

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    J.K. Franko
    “The children seek to resolve the issue amongst themselves, and mete out punishment to restore balance and keep the game going.”
    ― J.K. Franko, Eye for Eye
    tags: balance, childish-wisdom, games, hide-and-seek, karma, life-lessons, play, wisdom
    111 likes

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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
    269 likes

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    Aimee Cabo Nikolov
    “Unconditional Love conquers all!”
    ― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer God is the Cure
    tags: inspirational, love
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    Richard Dawkins
    “DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.”
    ― Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
    tags: science
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    John Green
    “It's just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.”
    ― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
    tags: an-abundance-of-katherines, john-green, lindsey-lee-wells
    513 likes

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    William S. Burroughs
    “Like Spain, I am bound to the past.”
    ― William Burroughs
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    Dodie Smith
    “Once I really looked at the sky, I wanted to go on looking; it seemed to draw me towards it and make me listen hard, though there was nothing to listen to, not so much as a twig was stirring.”
    ― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
    tags: sky
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    Bill Watterson
    “A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.”
    ― Bill Watterson, There's Treasure Everywhere
    tags: avoidance, calvin, calvin-and-hobbes, procrastination
    307 likes

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    Charles Dickens
    “The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie buried there too, I have not made a coffin of my heart, and sealed it up for ever on my best affections. Deep affliction has only made them stronger; it ought, I think, for it should refine our nature.”
    ― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
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