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    Milan Kordestani
    “Improving your tone essentially requires you to work on your communication skills.”
    ― Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
    tags: civil-disclosure, divides, houghtful, inspiring, personal, practical-tools, reflections, respectful, social-commentary
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    Barry Kirwan
    “Nathan had never wanted children of his own. Plenty of reasons. Babies screamed as soon as they were born – wasn’t that warning enough of what was to come? And when they grew into toddlers, and then young kids, they were far worse: tantrums, more screaming, whining. How many business trips, restaurant dinners, theatre visits, you name it, were ruined by one small, precocious loud brat and its doting, utterly useless parents? No discipline any more. Nathan had sure been disciplined.”
    ― Barry Kirwan, When the children come
    tags: action, dark, excitement, thriller
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    “Discrediting WE Charity may have been the short-term goal of some politicians and journalists, but the long-term consequences will be a devasting loss for our children and those in the developing world. That is a tragedy.”
    ― Tawfiq S. Rangwala, What WE Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity
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    Lou Marinoff
    “I seemed to be the only one who noticed, the only one who was concerned that doing the right thing for the wrong reason doesn’t make you a person of integrity.”
    ― Lou Marinoff, Plato, Not Prozac!: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “Truthfully, Professor Hawking? Why would we allow tourists from the future muck up the past when your contemporaries had the task well in Hand?"
    Brigadier General Patrick E Buckwalder 2241C.E.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence
    tags: science-fiction, time-travel, time-travel-fiction, time-travel-romance
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    Steven Decker
    “I wondered what the Teacher would do if I refused, but I had no reason to. I found him to be a fascinating ... being, and I enjoyed his company.”
    ― Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind
    tags: action, dark, fascinating, fast-paced, fear, gripping, love, mysterious, mystery, rules
    60 likes

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    Max Nowaz
    “I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,” laughed Adam. “We won’t have to dispose of the body. I’ll get a pan and brush in a minute and flush him down the toilet.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, magical, realistic, thriller, urban-fantasy
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    “Conquering your deliverance means maintaining the opportunity of spiritual freedom that our Lord Jesus Christ paid for in full.”
    ― John Ramirez, Conquer Your Deliverance: How to Live a Life of Total Freedom
    tags: biblical, christ, christian, christian-spiritual-growth, christianity, deliverance-from-evil, faith-in-god, spiritual, spiritual-freedom, spiritual-welfare
    20 likes

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    Mark M. Bello
    “When did school shootings become routine in America?” ”
    ― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal High
    tags: bullying, courtroom-drama, crime-fiction, dramatic, emotional, gun-control, psychological, school-shooting, second-amendment
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    Dean Mafako
    “The disturbing part is that no one teaches us how to deal with death at any point during our medical training, or even during our lifetime for that matter, particularly in a field such as mine where death was an inevitable certainty for some patients.”
    ― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out
    tags: balance, dedication, emotions, heartfelt, medical, medical-fiction, overworked, suffering, trauma, wellbeing
    105 likes

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    Mildred D. Taylor
    “One word can sometimes be sharper than a thousand swords”
    ― Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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    Abraham Verghese
    “God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.”
    ― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
    tags: compassion, god, humanity, judgement
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    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
    “He edged closer to his father’s bones and sinews. Penny slipped an arm around him and he lay close against the lank thigh. His father was the core of safety. His father swam the swift creek to fetch back his wounded dog. The clearing was safe, and his father fought for it, and for his own. A sense of snugness came over him and he dropped asleep.”
    ― Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
    tags: family
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