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    Max Nowaz
    “If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
    tags: androids, artificial-humans, dystopian, exciting, intrigue, invasion, mission, planets, revolution, secrets
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    Susan Rowland
    “George’s utterance of the nest and the trap belonged to a bigger mystery she did not yet understand. One day I will, she promised herself. She would stake her life that those last words from her son would be solved by her. They were steppingstones into… whatever the wind and the stars and the valiant trees held for her.”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: betrayal, dramatic, fiction, fiction-novel, intrigue, investigation, mystery, noir-mystery, suspense, thriller
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    John Irving
    “You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.”
    ― John Irving, In One Person
    tags: friends, learning, lesson, life, love
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    Annie Proulx
    “You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.”
    ― Annie Proulx
    tags: reading, words, writing
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    Ken Follett
    “And where are you going?" His voice was playfully challenging.

    "To get some breakfast," she said without stopping.

    He leered. "I've got something for you to eat," he called after her.

    "I might bite it off, though," she said over her shoulder.”
    ― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
    tags: flirtation, flirting, lust
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “I could isolate, consciously, little. Everything seemed blurred, yellow-clouded, yielding nothing tangible. Her inept acrostics, maudlin evasions, theopathies - every recollection formed ripples of mysterious meaning. Everything seemed yellowly blurred, illusive, lost.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
    tags: ghosts, riddles
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    John Ajvide Lindqvist
    “Sorry I broke your music machine.”
    ― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In
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    John Patrick Kennedy
    “The warmth grew uncomfortable. She gripped the tree trunk tighter and prayed, “Christ, my God, set my heart on fire with love of you. That in its flame, I may love you with all my heart, all my mind, all my soul, and all my strength, and my neighbor as myself. So that by keeping your commandments, I may glorify you, the giver of every good and perfect gift. Amen.” Set my heart on fire. It was almost funny, given what was about to happen.”
    ― John Patrick Kennedy, Princess Dracula
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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “The final sound of the rifle shot bounced around the lake.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow
    tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel
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    “by”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
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    “She wore people down like waves wore down stone.
    Consistent. Patient. Relentless. Merciless.
           ”
    ― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel
    tags: complexity, emotionally-charged, emotions, evocative, human-fragility, intrigue, struggles, tension, thrilling, unpredictable
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    Behcet Kaya
    “The locals call me alligator man, not only because of my scar, but because I keep an alligator by the name of Emma on my boat. I caught her as a young ‘un back in Louisiana. She’s small and doesn’t take up much room. So far, I’ve had no complaints, although I have no illusions that at some point I will be forced to give her up. For now, what better watch dog could I have? No alarm system needed. I simply post my sign, ‘Beware of Alligator’ on the dock.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate
    tags: crime-fiction, murder-mystery
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    Malala Yousafzai
    “Some of our religious people saw Osama bin Laden as a hero. In the bazaar you could buy posters of him on a white horse and boxes of sweets with his picture on them. These clerics said 9/11 was revenge on the Americans for what they had been doing to other people around the world, but they ignored the fact that the people in the World Trade Center were innocent and had nothing to do with American policy and that the Holy Quran clearly says it is wrong to kill.”
    ― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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    C. Toni Graham
    “It’s not just the big moments that count, it’s all of the small actions that feed our heart and soul on a daily basis.”
    ― C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Dominion of Four
    tags: balance, chosen-ones, dark-forces, enchanted, harmony-restored, powerful-foes, saga, suspense, teen-fantasy, thrilling
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    Stephen Crane
    “Whatever he had learned of himself was of no avail. He was an unknown quantity.”
    ― Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
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    “What was wrong with these American students? Didn’t they know I was the teacher and they had to do as I said? I learned quickly that my authority meant little, if anything, to them. I was not the all-powerful and feared mwalimu (teacher) of Africa.”
    ― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter
    tags: biography, dare-to-dream, determination, dreams, grit, hope, inspiring, life-journey, memoir, true-life-events
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: exploitation, poetry, poets
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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