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  • #1
    A.R. Merrydew
    “It is a feeling deep in your soul, that you have known this person forever. Even if you have never met them before in this lifetime, something inside you knows them, their energy, their essence, their soul.”
    A.R. Merrydew, The Dumb Dumb's Handbook: To Twin Flame Relationships

  • #2
    Max Nowaz
    “Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,” chirped Wendy.
    “No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
    “Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
    “He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
    “He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
    “With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
    Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

  • #3
    K.  Ritz
    “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

  • #4
    Lotchie Burton
    “I suppose knowing where you are is better than having you skulk around, popping out of dark alleys and doorways. It eliminates the possibility of shooting you by accident. If I know where you are, I can shoot you on purpose.”
    Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

  • #5
    J. Rose Black
    “But this is my fucking life! My mom died and some reporter wanted a story.” I heaved for air. “And all I cared about was playing in some game. Like that was what mattered. She was dying, and I was mad. I’m still fucking pissed. Criminals survive every day. Murderers and rapists and lunatics. But not her.”
    “Life, in all the years I’ve been living it, son, doesn’t make a lick of sense where that’s concerned.”
    J. Rose Black, Chasing Headlines

  • #6
    “In the rose garden, the flowers are maneuvering toward the winter sunshine and the alluring sound of the koi pond’s waterfall makes you think it has a crush on you. You offer no resistance—you are done (at least temporarily) with the “regular” world.”
    Tom Hillman, Digging for God

  • #7
    “When pain and talent mix together, that’s when you’re able to persevere in your goals in life; the pain gives your talent something to feed into.”
    Vernon Davis

  • #8
    Susan  Rowland
    “Bring me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long in prison.”
    Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

  • #9
    Patrick Ness
    “you can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.”
    Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
    tags: humor

  • #10
    Louis de Bernières
    “This is a very ancient land, and we've had nothing but slaughter for two thousand years. Sacrifices, wars, murders, nothing but bad deaths. We've got so many places full of bitter ghosts that anyone who goes near them or lives in them becomes heartless or insane. I don't believe in God, Captain, and I'm not superstitious, but I do believe in ghosts.”
    Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin

  • #11
    Kyle Keyes
    “Your little buddy just gave me the greatest
       Christmas gift I've ever gotten.”
    Kyle Keyes, Under the Bus

  • #12
    Jeannette Walls
    “Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that."
    "Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?"
    "Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation.”
    Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

  • #13
    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse.”
    Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

  • #14
    Sophocles
    “A lie never grows old.”
    Sophocles, White Lies



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