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#1

“For two young women, bound together by blood and circumstance, but divided by religion, politics, and social class, the consequences were much more personal.”
― Stephen A. Reger, Storm Surge: Book Two of the Stormsong Trilogy

tags: bohemian-protestants, bond, catholic, conflict, europe, literary-fiction, religion, religious-sects, social-class

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#2

“Nathan had to admit it was a highly effective war strategy. You didn’t need an army; just a way to turn the native, indigenous creatures against each other, wait until there was no serious resistance, and then move right in.”
― Barry Kirwan, When the children come

tags: action, drama, survival-instinct, suspense, thriller

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#3

“Her unexpected outburst rocked Flaminius to his core. Suddenly, she didn't seem so angelic. Her face twisted with rage; veins in her neck throbbed with fury in a scene all too familiar. Her reaction switched him off to her instantly as all his worst fears came to life.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

tags: drama, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, fight, gripping, literary-fiction, love, mystery, war

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#4

“You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,” shrieked his hellish voice. Whether the beast was a man in a mask or a demon of his imagination, made little difference to Adam, He was petrified.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

tags: action, danger, fear, fiction, fiction-novel, insight, thriller, trauma, unpredictable

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#5

“And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them.”
― Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

tags: action-packed, adventure, bombs, exciting, fast-paced, gripping, military, navy, special-ops, thrilling

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#6

“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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#7

“One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
― Nelson Mandela

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#8

“People even travelled to Lapland, up there in the North, with its eternal ice and savages who gorged themselves on raw fish.”
― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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#9

“Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine. “I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can.”

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“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.

I thought I could.

I thought I could.

I thought I could.”
― Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could

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#10

“Not-knowing is always more thrilling than knowing. Not-knowing is where hope and art and possibility and invention come from. It is not-knowing, that old, old thing, that allows everything to be renewed.”
― Anthony Doerr, Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

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