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    Marc Jampole
    “You can’t save anyone who wouldn’t save themselves without you. It’s the
    hardest lesson to learn in life, take it from me.”
    ― Marc Jampole
    tags: common-sense, inspirational, literary, philosophical, reality-quotes, realization, sad-but-true
    109 likes

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    Kirsten Fullmer
    “Heidi's role as grand master was to monitor all the women and to manage their locations and communication. Even though she’d done this many times on multiple missions, her heartbeat still pounded in her ears.”
    ― Kirsten Fullmer, Trouble on Main Street
    tags: cozy-mystery, cozy-romance, small-town-mystery
    379 likes

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    Marilyn Dalla Valle
    “The boats raced towards each other like mounted knights bearing lances.
    They would hit like Somalian pirates, swiftly and under the cover of darkness.”
    ― Marilyn Dalla Valle, Westwind Secrets
    tags: drama, emotional, fiction-novel, fiction-writing
    24 likes

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  • #4
    Behcet Kaya
    “In contrast, Anderson was trying hard not to show his brimful-teary eyes. He felt his face heating. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his handkerchief and blew his nose. At the same time, anger began to grow in the pit of his stomach.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Murder on the Naval Base
    tags: crime-thriller, murder, noir-mystery
    60 likes

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  • #5
    Ammar Habib
    “A death is like a ripple on the lake, lasting much longer than the impact that created it.”
    ― Ammar Habib, The Orphans of Kashmir
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    Heath Sommer
    “You have a peace about you. You have a wisdom. You have a way of living life that kicks my butt and pushes me around, and it beats me out of my idiocy and narrow-mindness. You, Addy, you, have shown me what life is all about”
    ― Heath Sommer
    tags: the-manufactured-identity
    590 likes

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  • #7
    Anthony Doerr
    “Isn't doing nothing a kind of troublemaking?”
    ― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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  • #8
    James McBride
    “God was forever generous with His gifts: hope, love, truth, and the belief in the indestructability of the good in all people.”
    ― James McBride, Deacon King Kong
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  • #9
    Simone de Beauvoir
    “Has my watch stopped? No. But its hands do not seem to be going around. Don't look at them. Think of something else - anything else: think of yesterday, a calm, ordinary, easy-flowing day, in spite of the nervous tension of waiting.”
    ― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed
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  • #10
    Max Nowaz
    “He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
     ”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller
    283 likes

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  • #11
    J. Rose Black
    “Love was the quiet hum of a lullaby slipping past sleeping ears on a late November evening.”
    ― J. Rose Black, Chasing Headlines
    tags: enemies-to-lovers, falling-in-love-quotes, found-family, love-story, new-adult-romance, sports-romance
    51 likes

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  • #12
    “There are so many wild animals on the property. It makes the ashram Noah’s Arkish. All the wildlife is intact; watching the animals adds to the safety and rescue aspects of the ashram. The ashram’s pristine environment along with
its celibacy policy and abundance of food is like a Garden of Eden. Like starting over! You forget about sex and spending your whole paycheck on organic apples.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: fiction, god, hope, journey, life, nature, relateable, soul-healing, values
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  • #13
    “Making it to the Super Bowl is something few and far between. Many football players never get the opportunity to make it that far.”
    ― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
    tags: complex, drama, happy, help, humour, life, love, people, philosophy, self-discovery
    252 likes

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    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “Mycelium?” Joey asked. “What is that?”
     
    Water explained, “It is a huge organism made up of very, very small fibres or filaments of fungus. The fungus grows underground, and it connects all the roots of the trees together. Its flower is a mushroom. Do you like to eat mushrooms?”
    ― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water
    tags: emotional-awareness, energy-connection, environment-and-energy, exploring-unity, growth-mindset, healing-vibrations, holistic-approach, life-cycles, teaching-connection, thoughtful-parenting
    96 likes

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  • #15
    “As you read the gospels, you find that Jesus was very hard at work, doing what the Father had assigned Him to do. But you also find Him regularly taking time to go away from the crowds, just to be alone with God.”
    ― Kathryn Krick, The Secret of the Anointing: Accessing the Power of God to Walk in Miracles
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and smiling faces.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “Would you live with ease,
    Do what you ought, and not what you please.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
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    Miguel Ruiz
    “Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society. It has become the way we feel close to each other, because it makes us feel better to see someone else feel as badly as we do.”
    ― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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  • #19
    Peggy Parish
    “The door opened.
    "We're here," said Mrs. Rogers.
    Aunt Myra came in.
    "Now!" said Amelia Bedelia.
    "Greetings, greetings, greetings,"
    said the three children.
    "What's that about?" said Mrs. Rogers.
    "You said to greet Aunt Myra with Carols," said Amelia Bedelia.
    "Here's Carol Lee, Carol Green, and Carol Lake."
    "What lovely Carols," said Aunt Myra.
    "Thank you.”
    ― Peggy Parish, Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
    tags: humor
    287 likes

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  • #20
    Shel Silverstein
    “All the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.”
    ― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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common-sense
inspirational
literary
philosophical
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sad-but-true
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small-town-mystery
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murder
noir-mystery
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suspense
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people
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environment-and-energy
exploring-unity
growth-mindset
healing-vibrations
holistic-approach
life-cycles
teaching-connection
thoughtful-parenting
humor