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  • #1
    “Succeeding in life is about having that onetime urgency to go for it.”
    Vernon Davis

  • #2
    Alyssa Hall
    “The officer looked at her. “So, to recap, you carried a package of, you don’t know what, for a girl you’ve never seen before and gave it to a man you don’t know. Or so you say. Who does that?”
    Alyssa Hall, And Then I Heard the Quiet

  • #3
    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “I have a question for you Water. What happens to the water in my body if I get angry at someone or if someone gets angry with me?”

    “A very good question,” said Water. “In either case, the water in your body gets upset and causes you to not feel very well. You feel sad, or maybe you will cry. Crying is good because it puts good endorphins into your body, and you will start to feel better. They help the water in your body to recover.”
    Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

  • #4
    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “Death is the ultimate test of faith.”
    Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

  • #5
    C. Toni Graham
    “You saved me,'" said Seneca softly. "You took a direct hit, and you
    survived because of your gift."

    Jake was slightly startled when she spoke. Seneca’s voice had changed. It was airy and light. Her spunky, deep voice was gone, as were her golden-blonde locks. Her hair was completely white, with silver streaks highlighting it throughout. He had noticed the beginnings of the change before they teleported. The transformation was now complete. Her eyes were a brilliant, majestic blue with flecks of silver that caught the light. She had approached quietly, and her presence made them all listen intently. Seneca was the Druid of the true prophecy. ”
    C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Dominion of Four

  • #6
    Michael G. Kramer
    “Adrian von Trotha was thinking, “Soldiers must obey their officers and I shall enforce that! As well, the enemy will not obtain any leniency from me!”
    Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

  • #7
    “I’d seen enough evil in this world, but the depths of human depravity never failed to sicken me.”
    Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

  • #8
    Author Harold Phifer
    “Due to Mom’s condition, she would attack “The Walls” from sun-up to sun-down and day after day due to her mentalparanoia. With the death of her sister, no barrier, partition, fence, or any standing surface would’ve been safe. That kind of trauma would’ve created an endless loop of rages such as: “Oh no! Oh no! Not my sister, you Devil Ass Dawg! Oh Jesus, those Dead Dawg have come and taken my sister away! Help me Jesus! Help me get those Dawg out of my house! Lawd, I can’t take these Dawg howling anymore! Lawd Jesus, bring her back! Lawd, bring her back!”
    Harold Phifer, My Bully, My Aunt, & Her Final Gift

  • #9
    Lotchie Burton
    “There’s no point in fighting me on this. Wherever you go, one, or both of us will be with you. Period. Get used to it. Short of actually sleeping on your doorstep, I’m going to follow you everywhere. I’m going to be so close that if you turn your head for a breath I’ll be there to give you mouth-to-mouth. So, you may as well just give in and take me with you. It’ll save us both a lot of time and frustration.”
    Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

  • #10
    Ransom Riggs
    “And eventually the dark peeled back layer by layer, and with imperceptible gradations the sky feathered to a delicate pale blue.”
    Ransom Riggs, Hollow City

  • #11
    Tamora Pierce
    “Hello," he greeted her cheerfully. "You must be Alan of Trebond. You're very hardy to have made it this far the first day. Has anyone said what we try to learn in here?"
    Alanna said the first thing that came to her lips. "The only thing I know is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time.”
    Tamora Pierce

  • #12
    Thomas Paine
    “If there is a country in the world where concord, according to common calculation, would be least expected, it is America. Made up as it is of people from different nations, accustomed to different forms and habits of government, speaking different languages, and more different in their modes of worship, it would appear that the union of such a people was impracticable; but by the simple operation of constructing government on the principles of society and the rights of man, every difficulty retires, and all the parts are brought into cordial unison. There the poor are not oppressed, the rich are not privileged. Industry is not mortified by the splendid extravagance of a court rioting at its expense. Their taxes are few, because their government is just: and as there is nothing to render them wretched, there is nothing to engender riots and tumults.”
    Thomas Paine, Rights of Man

  • #13
    Christopher Paolini
    “The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart. ...”
    Christopher Paolini, Eldest

  • #14
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    “INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It’s what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.

    GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.

    INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.”
    Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

  • #15
    Laura Esquivel
    “—La vida siempre nos ofrece dos posibilidades: el día y la noche; el águila o la serpiente, la construcción o la destrucción, el castigo o el perdón, pero siempre hay una tercera posibilidad oculta que unifica a las dos: descúbrela. Después”
    Laura Esquivel, Malinche



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