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    Steven Decker
    “She’d always loved the mountains, but as she turned back to face the spectacular seascape in the distance, she nearly lost her breath at the diversity of beauty to be found on this ancient, tiny island. She remembered a thought she’d had, just briefly, during her first day ever walking in Ireland, when they were going down through the forest on the way from Glenmalure to Glendalough. I could live my life doing this, she’d thought. And she’d done that, for a while.”
    ― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
    tags: adventure, compelling, courage, dreams, emotional, fiction, reality, romance, seeking, survivor
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    “His family could not understand the attraction to Marxism. It offered nothing and demanded everything, including your soul.”
    ― Rafael Polo, Growing Up American
    tags: biography, communism, escape, free, marxist, real-life, regime, socialism, true, usa
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    Anne Michaud
    “What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status in society, and have strived to transform women’s expectations in their private lives. Private dignity at home equates to dignity in the workplace and the public sphere.”
    ― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
    tags: calculation, character, goals, greatness, humanity, influence, marriage, personal-goals, political, relationships
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    Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
    “I wonder what Ali thought about Wallace? How did he view this tall, gawky, bearded eccentric man? Did Ali defend Wallace when villagers thought he was an evil demon? Did he secretly giggle when he heard Wallace speak Malay with a strong British accent? Did he gossip about his boss with other locals? Why was Wallace enthralled to discover a new beetle or ant? Did Ali see his time with Wallace as a chance to better himself, a grand adventure? Or was his work with Wallace simply a job?”
    ― Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
    tags: compassion, conversations, explorer, history, humour, imagined, natural-world, passion, speculative, touching
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    “Throughout the process, you must show gratitude to those who have helped you get to where you are.”
    ― Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
    tags: anecdotes, challenge, decisions, faith, fortitude, living-with-pain, overcome, survive, triumph
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    Beverly Magid
    “Tonight must be our secret,“ she said to him. “Swear it.”
    ― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle
    tags: drama, fiction, hatred, historical-fiction, history, love, military, russia, struggle, violence
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    Emma Donoghue
    “I’m beginning to know enough to know that I know nothing.”
    ― Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
    tags: age, intelligence, know-what-you-don-t-know, knowledge, smart, wisdom, wisdom-comes-from-experience
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    Hubert Selby Jr.
    “The bodies went back in the doors and bars and the heads in the windows. The cops drove away and Freddy and the guys went back into the Greeks and the street was quiet, just the sound of a tug and an occasional car; and even the blood couldn't be seen from a few feet away.”
    ― Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn
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    “Representatives,”
    ― Founding Fathers, The United States Constitution
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    John Green
    “We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.”
    ― John Green, Looking for Alaska
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “In order to be a part of the totalitarian mind-set, it is not necessary to wear a uniform or carry a club or a whip. It is only necessary to wish for your own subjection, and to delight in the subjection of others.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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