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#1

“The supposition was that the difference in energy when n (or v) changes by one is therefore equal to hv, the product of the Planck constant and the vibration frequency was always derived using these pre-revolution mechanics. This was, of course, dependent on gravity having an effect on an atomic level, while acknowledging that it does not. Absurd right? But for a transition from level n to level n+ one due to absorption of a photon, the frequency of the photon has nothing to do with Planck…”
“Atom, for god’s sake, stop it!” Hannah interrupts.
“Stop? Stop what?”
“Why do you do this to people?” Hannah says, causing Lylitte to laugh, and the older woman to look at Hannah curiously.
“What he was going to eventually say is that we’re teaching the stem cells to sing their songs louder so that they harmonize and teach their melody to the host, once it’s introduced,” Billy explains.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: bio-tech-sci-fi, future-science, hard-sci-fi, nerd-lit, physics-nerd, quantum-talk, regenerative-medicine, science-in-fiction, stem-cells, stem-reads

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#2

“So, let me get this right. You invented this groundbreaking medical technology that changes the way we literally do everything in trauma and blood, and you are out here, 30.3 light-years away from Earth, on a planet where everyone involved in the Eden project was a hundred percent sure there’d be no DNA, blood, or anything? And now here we are playing with the DNA of an alien race? What is this? What is actually going on here?”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: alien-dna, bio-tech, deep-space, ethics-in-science, first-contact, genetic-engineering, hard-sci-fi, medical-sci-fi, science-gone-wrong, space-exploratio

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#3

“Clarity of purpose often comes from wandering through mistakes”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: am-writing, author-quotes, creative-process, fail-forward, growth-mindset, revision-life, writer-life, writers-of-instagram, writing-community, writing-quote

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#4

“You will do what you can do. And you know, as you always have, that you only discover what more you can do once the moment demands it.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, The Hunter and the Star Queen

tags: courage, fantasy, growth, growth-mindset, inner-strength, personal-growth, resilience, science, science-fantasy

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#5

“That kind of leader usually manages to show up whenever there’s a culture in crisis. People get scared stupid, and they listen to anybody who sounds like he has a plan to get them out of the jam they’re in.”
― N.S. Wikarski, The Mountain Mother Cipher

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#6

“This tiny patch of rocky ground took up an immense amount of space in the minds of millions of people, as it had for millennia.”
― N.S. Wikarski, The Arkana Mysteries: Omnibus Three: Books 6-8

tags: archaeology-adventure, historical-thriller, jerusalem, political-suspense, suspense, thriller

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#7

“Boredom is my friend, and I am loath to part with it. I love my books, and I love the catalog, and I love you. Not necessarily in that order.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

tags: adventure, archaeological-adventure, archaeological-thriller, dry-wit, quote-of-the-day, quotes-to-live-by

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#8

“The power to destroy life was valued far more than the power to create it, as represented by a mother goddess.”
― N.S. Wikarski, Lucifer's Triangle

tags: ancient-religion, archaeological-thriller, feminist-history, goddess-history, history, lost-civilizations, quote, quote-of-the-day

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#9

“Sometimes truths are what we run from, and sometimes they are what we seek.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: philosophical-musings, reflection

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#10

“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: misery-loves-company, reflection

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#11

“You cannot!' Tatiana said sharply. 'If you order a gun there is only a single shot, and once delivered the doors are locked and will not open until it has been fired.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: dangerous-games, dangerous-liaisons, impending-doom

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#12

“The film image of a dead child dressed in blood-red floating, Ophelia-like, in "Don’t Look Now" swam before her eyes. It must be some kind of diabolical threat!”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: betrayal, danger, deceit, drama, penalty, redemption, sin, sinners, suspense, understanding

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#13

“Miranda's reward to herself, after a chief investigator dubbed her "the Eloise of four-year-old detectives," was to stretch her age. She’d now taken to informing people that she was four- and-a-half-and-three-quarters. She didn't seem to grasp the concept of almost-five.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: drama, excitement, fiction, fiction-novel, murder-mystery, mysterious, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller

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#14

“Mary moved down to join the gathered actors, but little was said beyond questioning whispers. This was, after all, a morgue.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: drama, emotional, fantasy, fiction, fiction-novel, mystery, supernatural-thriller, thriller

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#15

“In those happy days before Notre Dame Cathedral burned and Paris streets became thick with electric scooters.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: action, adventure, drama, dramatic, fast-paced, investigation, mystery, thriller

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#16

“The woman patted Sarah's hand. "Of course, my dove," her thick, almost black lipstick bunched into a dark oval, punctuating her face. Sarah snatched her hand back, startled. The volunteer label didn't quite fit with the black lipstick.
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― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: action, adventure, danger, drama, fiction-novel, insight, suspense, thriller, unpredictable

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#17

“I’m sorry not to have been more communicative. Yes, it was work in Russia.” Just not ‘legal’ work, he thought with chagrin.”
― L. M. Weeks, Bottled Lightning

tags: action, dark, fiction, intelligent, intense, japan, law-practice, romance, technology, thriller

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#18

“It was muddy from all the rain. A few gray wooden houses on both sides and one old, tired store lined the road. Two dark mangy stray dogs, shivering in the damp cold, wandered the street and a few crows sat in the dead trees, waiting for who knew what.”
― L. M. Weeks, Bottled Lightning

tags: action, asian, dark, fiction, intelligent, intense, law-practice, romance, violence

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#19

“We’re at the crematorium having lunch,”—which struck Torn as a darkly funny thing to say—“but I’m glad you called.”
― L. M. Weeks, Bottled Lightning

tags: asian-american-literature, fast-paced, full-on, gripping, russian-literature

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#20

“Tarpon fishing is a state of mind. It transports us to a special place completely outside of our normal lives.”
― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory

tags: escapism, fishing, fishing-fiction, flow-state, fly-fishing, nature-writing, outdoors, sports, sports-fiction

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#21

“He was genuinely concerned. He wanted her happy and healthy. The idea of divorcing her when she was ill made him feel even more guilty and she knew it. And he knew she knew.”
― L. M. Weeks

tags: action, asian, dark, fiction, intelligent, intenser, law-practice, romance, technology, violence

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#22

“ “I am running back my tent to get my sub-machinegun. There are too many Noggies to kill using a pistol!” He then ran to where his scrape was and returned with the weapon.”
― Michael G. Kramer

tags: documented, fiction, historical, recount-of-war, truth, unity, unrest, war, warring, world

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#23

“The Earl of Lancaster loudly spoke, “Piers Gaveston, this court finds you guilty of treason, of sodomy and sedition as well as many other crimes against God! You shall be taken to Blacklow Hill, which shall by your place of execution, and you shall be put to death by two of my Welsh soldiers! May God have mercy upon your soul!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

tags: biographical, culture, drama, england, enlightening, experience, heritage, personal-life, politics, royalty

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#24

“If the goal is to build a life of meaning and not just motion (or worse, being 'sloppy busy'), then we need to regularly assess and recalibrate how we spend the currency of life—our time.”
― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance

tags: life-purpose, life-quotes, meaningful-living, purpose-driven-life, purpose-of-life, quotes-about-life, quotes-to-live-by, work-life-balance

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#25

“Are you living on Someday Island, always waiting for a breeze that never comes?”
― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance

tags: guide-for-living, intentional-living, life-guide, life-purpose, mindset-shift, personal-growth, procrastinating, purpose-driven-life, purpose-of-life, take-the-leap

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#26

“Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.”
― Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

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#27

“The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.”
― Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

tags: disneyland, fast-food, ray-kroc, successful-franchising, walt-disney

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#28

“Pull open the glass door, feel the rush of cool air, walk inside, get in line, and look around you, look at the kids working in the kitchen, at the customers in their seats, at the ads for the latest toys, study the backlit color photographs above the counter, think about where the food came from, about how and where it was made, about what is set in motion by every single fast food purchase, the ripple effect near and far, think about it. Then place your order. Or turn and walk out the door. It’s not too late. Even in this fast food nation, you can still have it your way.”
― Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

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#29

“It was risky to melt solder in a room with five thousand pounds of explosives. The two men fixed the cable, connected the plugs, and didn’t tell anyone what they’d done.”
― Eric Schlosser, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

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#30

“Although the original plans were scaled down, the completed bunker had miles of underground roads, accommodations for the prime minister and hundreds of other officials, a BBC studio, a vault where the Bank of England’s gold reserves could be stored, and a pub called the Rose & Crown. •”
― Eric Schlosser, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

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