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    Dale A. Jenkins
    “TF-16 returned to Pearl Harbor on May 26 in good order, with one huge exception: Admiral Halsey, the sixty-year-old commander, arrived back completely exhausted and ill. After six months of intense underway operations, culminating in the fruitless 7000-mile mission across the Pacific to the Coral Sea and back, Halsey had lost twenty pounds and had contracted a serious case of dermatitis. Nimitz took one look at him and sent him straight to the Pearl Harbor hospital. The Navy’s most experienced and highly regarded carrier force commander would sit out the Battle of Midway. The ultimate sea warrior, Halsey would watch from his hospital window as the two task forces departed Pearl Harbor for Midway.”
    ― Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
    tags: classified, diplomacy, hidden-agendas, inside-story, japan, military-leaders, miscommunication, negotiations, roosevelt, usa
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    William Kely McClung
    “There might be some lost tribe somewhere on the planet who hadn’t been exposed to the movies and books of the genre, but these eight men—Mills was the oldest at 28—had grown up in a world where reanimated dead who shambled along eating brains were part of the fabric of everyday life. Where zombie movies equated to drinking games, late night laughs, and getting laid.”
    ― William Kely McClung, LOOP
    tags: action-packed, compelling, conspiracy, drama, dystopian, fears, gripping, monstrous, technology, thrilling
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    “ome sea cucumbers have a transparent outer body, giving them an alien appearance. Laura feels transparent throughout her entire body.”
    ― Sally Ann Hunter, Transfigured Sea
    tags: action-and-adventure, emotion, fantasy-fiction, fantasy-writing, fiction-writing, memory, ocean, paranormal, poems, urban
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You have brains in your head.
    You have feet in your shoes.
    You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
    ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
    tags: children-s-books
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    Virgil
    “Queaque ipsa miserrima vidi,et quorum pars magna fui. (And those terrible things I saw, and in which I played a great part.)”
    ― Virgil, The Aeneid
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    Boris Pasternak
    “لا أعتقد أن في استطاعتي أن أحبك كثيرًا إذا لم يكن هناك شيئًا تشكو منه أو تندم عليه. أن لا أحب الناس التي لم تسقط أو تتعثر أبدًا. فضيلتهم بلا حياة ولا قيمة. الحياة لم تكشف جمالها لهم.”
    ― Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
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    Hubert Selby Jr.
    “Harry looked into her eyes, then at her face and gently glided the tip of a finger over her cheek and traced the outline of her nose, his face and eyes in a soft and tender smile, You could really make my life worth while. A guy needs something to give his life a reason or whats the point of living? I need more than the streets. I don’t want to be a floating crap game all my life. I want to be something … anything.”
    ― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream
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    Terry Goodkind
    “I thought I was going to die there, alone. I thought I would never see you again." He seemed to shake off the memory and leaned back on an elbow, gazing at her with a lop-sided smile on his face.
    "The Shadrin left some scars that aren't healed yet. But I would have to take off my pants to show them to you."
    "Really?" Kahlan gave a throaty laugh. "I think I better have a look... to see if everything is all right.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears
    tags: goodkind
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    Traci Medford-Rosow
    “Blind, broke, jobless, and frustrated, Kevin found it difficult to get through the following few months. But he had one big thing going for him.
    He was sober.
    It was a new beginning.”
    ― Traci Medford-Rosow, Unblinded: One Man’s Courageous Journey Through Darkness to Sight
    tags: hope, hope-quotes, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, life, sober, sobriety, sobriety-courage
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    Chad Boudreaux
    “Ascending the creaky steps, she heard the old timers discussing the weather. But this wasn’t the usual small talk. They ranked Texas storms. Not by category, wind speed, or monetary damage, but by casualties—body count. ”
    ― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen: A Small-Town Political Thriller
    tags: climatic, drama, emotionally-charged, fiction, intrigue, mystery, profound, tense, unpredictable
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    Yvonne Korshak
    “We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.”
    ― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
    tags: ancient-greece, conflict, drama, educational, greek-gods, iction, insightful, love-story, romance, spartans
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  • #12
    “I feel like the Earth has cracked open and swallowed me into a bottomless abyss.”
    ― March Lions, The Last Sunset
    tags: action, adventure, drama, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, sci-fi, science-fiction, technology, ufo
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    Nancy Omeara
    “How did I become President?
    I began by setting an example, hanging out my own dirty laundry in front of Village Earth right from the start. Every ugly little life secret became a matter of public record. Of course, that included sordid love-life details.”
    ― Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
    tags: culture, democracy, drama, educational, fiction, fictional-drama, fictional-narratives, historical-fiction, historical-research
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    Andri E. Elia
    “Do flyers become archers when you give them a bow? No. They need arrows, too.”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
    tags: action, adventure, drama, fantasy-fiction, fiction, literary-fiction, literature, magic, mystery
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    Frank Lambert
    “You could never kill a wyte, child. Instead of thinking of death, you need to think in terms of aging. The old cannot help but become less ambitious and more accepting as each moment ticks on by.”
    ― Frank Lambert, Ghost Doors
    tags: action, drama, fantasy, fiction, ghost, paranormal, teen-ya, urban
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    Nick Hornby
    “Yes, yes, I know all the jokes. What else could I have expected at Highbury? But I went to Chelsea and to Tottenham and to Rangers, and saw the same thing: that the natural state of a football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.”
    ― Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch
    tags: football, sport
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    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
    “A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.”
    ― Miguel de Cervantes
    tags: life-and-living, motivational-inspirational
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    Sun Tzu
    “There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.”
    ― Sun Tzu, Art of War
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    Philip Pullman
    “I write almost always in the third person, and I don't think the narrator is male or female anyway. They're both, and young and old, and wise and silly, and sceptical and credulous, and innocent and experienced, all at once. Narrators are not even human - they're sprites.”
    ― Philip Pullman
    tags: reading, writing
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    Greg Mortenson
    “Let sorrowful longing dwell in your heart. Never give up, never lose hope. Allah says, "The broken ones are my beloved." Crush your heart. Be broken.”
    ― Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
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    Louise Fitzhugh
    “Always say exactly what you feel. People are hurt more by misunderstanding than anything else.”
    ― Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy
    tags: communication, feelings, misunderstanding
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