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#1

“He sounds like a politician running for office.”
― March Lions, The Last Sunset

tags: action-packed, alien-invasion, alien-spacecraft, aliens, compelling, earth, fast-paced, galaxy, humans, struggles

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#2

“Von Trotha said, “The Wahehe are a tribe of about one quarter of a million people! On the 17th of August 1891, they defeated the German expedition against them which was led by Zeleski.”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: battles, classical-struggles, drama, family-life, hierarchy, history, literature, military-campaigns, passion

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#3

“The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,” he murmured. Thinking of her out there on the battlefield. In his tent. What more could a woman want? Quite a lot, actually.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: action, drama, exploration, fiction, future, literary-fiction, love, page-turner, politics, suspense

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#4

“Only play for chips or metal here, mind...’ ‘Just for the game not the gain...”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

tags: different, exciting, fantasy, original, science-fiction, thrilling, unique

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#5

“Lo real no es algo que te venga dado. Es algo que te pasa. Y ahora mismo, necesitas que te pasen cosas buenas.”
― Margery Williams

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#6

“There had been a rare afternoon when Judith had invited Kit to go with some other girls of the town to pick flowers and picnic along the shore of the river. At the last moment Kit had turned back to Mercy and cried impulsively, "Oh, if only you could go, too, Mercy! How can you bear it, always staying behind?"

And Mercy had answered serenely, 'Oh, I settled that a long time ago. I remember it very well. Father had carried me to the doorstep, and I sat there watching the children playing a game in the road. I thought of all the things I would never be able to do. Since then I've just never thought much about it.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

tags: contentment

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#7

“When each expects the other to live in his or her world, to always be there to join in his or her chosen activities, an ego battle inevitably develops.”
― James Redfield, The Celestine Prophecy

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#8

“Vozač je rekao djedu koliko koštaju karte i dok je djed vrlo pažljivo prebrojavao novac - jer je svjetlo u autobusu bilo preslabo - vozač se okrenuo prema putnicima, digao desnu ruku i rekao: „How!“ i prasnuo u smijeh, i svi su prasnuli u smijeh. Tada sam se počeo bolje osjećati znajući da su prijateljski nastrojeni i ne zamjeraju nam što nismo imali vozne karte.
Onda smo pošli prema stražnjem dijelu autobusa i tamo sam vidio jednu bolesnu ženu. Oko očiju joj je bilo neprirodno crnilo, a usne su joj bile jarko crvene kao od krvi. Kad smo prošli pokraj nje, stavila je ruku iznad usta i zavrištala: „Wa...huuu!“ Ali sigurno ju je ubrzo prestalo boljeti jer se počela smijati i svi ostali su se smijali. Čovjek koji je sjedio pokraj nje se također smijao i pritom se lupao po nozi. Imao je veliku sjajnu kopču na kravati pa sam znao da su oni bogati i mogu platiti liječnika ako im je potreban.”
― Forrest Carter, Malo drvo

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#9

“Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place... many men say that there is written upon his tomb this verse: Hic jacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus.

Here lies Arthur, King that was, King that will be.”
― Thomas Malory

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#10

“What seemed at first like an act of incandescent self-destruction turned out to be the onramp to a bleak treadmill, one that felt designed to eradicate my personality and identity. It didn’t end my self-recrimination and misery. Instead, it illustrated just how good I’d had it living on the street.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough

tags: emotional-pain, engaging, engrossing, fantasy, feelings, page-turner, paranormal, scary, tragedy, vivid

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#11

“He dropped the phone back onto its cradle, began to turn around and felt a sudden ice-cold furrow open up in his side. Strength drained from his legs, and a moment later he sank to his knees. There was warmth now that ran over the initial and persistent cold.

Mohammed was confused, and barely noticed the briefcase being removed from his grip. He heard the click of a cell phone opening, and a soft beeping as a number was dialed.

'The package is in my possession,' a female voice said, and the phone clicked shut.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: assassin, death-and-dying, descriptive-prose

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#12

“Night vision. Unclip your bows. Ready. Fly.” ”
― Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

tags: change, courage, curiosity, exploration, good-vs-evil, gripping, love, sci-fi, thrilling, violence

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#13

“She was aware of how much she was degrading herself. Yet at the same time, she had no motivation to care.”
― Cade Mengler, The Companions

tags: action, adventure-fantasy, battle, dark-fantasy, elven-divinity, forces-of-evil, guardian, higher-power, kingdom, warrior-prince

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#14

“As the pair turned to leave they were taken by surprise by the shop owner. He was middle-aged and did not look as though he could overpower Arvid, although the large club he wielded showed his intention.
Raimund instinctively made a run for the door, only to be floored by a blow from the club. From his dazed prone position Raimund watched in horror as his uncle thrust his knife into the shopkeeper’s chest. With blood pumping from the fatal wound, the shopkeeper fell across Raimund.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

tags: book-1, drama, fantasy, fiction, historical, history, intrigue, mystery, trilogy

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#15

“Whither be the heart of Justice?
            Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone.
            Whither be the heart of Justice?
            Lo, tis fast in stone.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: drama, fantasy, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, literary-fiction, magic-cultures, mystery, sorcery, wit

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#16

“The artillery fire which helped in holding off the enemy advance against the Australian positions appeared to be getting always closer. A radio operator called Vic Grice somehow replaced the antenna on Buick’s radio. That had been shot off, thus rendering the radio in-operational.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

tags: australia, historical, historical-fiction, history, oceanian-fiction, southeast-asia, truth, vietnam, war, war-recount

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#17

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma

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#18

“الطفل الصغير لا يجد أية متعة في رؤية قوانين الطبيعة تتحطم، لأنه لم يعرفها بعد، إنه لم يصبح بعد عبدًا لذلك الانتظار الذي تضعنا فيه العادة، الطفل لا يحمل أفكارًا مسبقة، وتلك ميزة أساسية من ميزات الفيلسوف الكبير، إنه يرى العالم بدون الأفكار المسبقة التي تشوه رؤيتنا نحن البالغين.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

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#19

“Oh oh!” said the
mother bird. “My baby
will be here! He will
want to eat.”
― P.D. Eastman, Are You My Mother?

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#20

“Individually the Germans were remarkably like Americans; he thought it curious that both peoples had the eagle for their national emblem. The Germans were the same sort of businesslike go-getters: direct, roughly humorous, and usually reliable and able.”
― Herman Wouk, The Winds of War

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#21

“Dasha!' Rin yelled, 'Dasha!'
A face looked up, then two. They started walking toward her, then running. Dasha was in front, her eyes set on Razo, her face caught in an expression of desperate hope.
'Razo,' she said, .... 'Razo, it had better be you. If it just looks like you, I am going to kill you. It had better-'
He'd reached her by then. They embraced, and he swung her around, her legs lifting in the air, her tunic swirling...Then Dasha was kissing Razo's face and crying and smiling and declaring all his perfections.
'Well, this isn't half-bad,' said Razo, 'I think I'll die more often.'
Dasha embraced him again and squeezed until Razo had to admit he was injured. 'Love the lips, not the ribs,' he said, and pulled her into a long kiss.”
― Shannon Hale, Forest Born

tags: dasha, love, razo, reunited

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#22

“But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: inspirational-quotes

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#23

“Wish me good luck, please,” I whisper.
“On one condition,” Philemone says. “Remember, what you call luck is the meeting of opportunity and flexibility.”
I smile, weakly.
“Good luck,” she says. “Now go.”
― Robyn Mundell, Brainwalker

tags: brain, middle-grade, science, science-fiction, scientists

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