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    Susan Rowland
    “Mary stared at the dreamlike happenings on the page. Human figures faced each other; the man’s head was a golden ball with rays reaching up to huge stars and out to the distant mountains; the woman’s silver head was sickle-shaped and surrounded by birds like eagles with white beaks. Some of the black letters glowed because they had tips like tiny flames.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: fiction-novel, murder, past-experiences, personal-relationships, power, psychological, tense, thriller
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    Sherman Kennon
    “Still I chase the wind
           and float as a gentle breeze
            up among the stars
            then descending
            as a bird down amidst the trees.”
    ― Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
    tags: compassion, empower, energy, gratitude, joy, personal-development, smile, soar, take-risks, wander
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    “Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: life, philosophical, philosophical-musings
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    Max Nowaz
    “You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma
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    Mike Martin
    “I don’t eat cauliflower,” said Tizzard after thinking about it for a while. “My dad says that ‘a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education’.”
    “I think that’s Mark Twain,” said Windflower.
    “And my dad,” said Tizzard.”
    ― Mike Martin, Too Close For Comfort
    tags: action, cozy-craft-and-hobby-mysteries, cryptic, drama, emotionally-charged, fires, investigation, murder-mystery, secrets, tension
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    Adam Scott Huerta
    “Stepfather?" "It means he fucks your mum and isn't really your dad.”
    ― Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black
    tags: absurd, courage, drug-use, emotional-depth, introspective, manipulation, satire, surrealism, technology, vivid
    147 likes

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    K. Ritz
    “If one does not react to gossip, the informer hushes more quickly.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, fantasy, fiction, historical-fantasy, humour, literature, magic, mystery
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    Karl Marx
    “If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.

    [In a letter about the peculiar 'Marxism' which arose in France 1882]”
    ― Karl Marx
    tags: marxism
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    Cecelia Ahern
    “I thought that it was 'cause I deserved the best and he's out there. He's just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear. After CENTURIES of men looking at my tits in stead of my eyes and pinching my ass instead of shaking my hand, I now have the *DIVINE* right to stare at a man's BACKSIDE with vulgar, cheap appreciation if I want to!”
    ― Cecelia Ahern
    tags: ps-i-love-you
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    Tom Robbins
    “Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.”
    ― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
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    Oliver Sacks
    “أنا اخترع بإستمرار لقاءات وحوارات خيالية”
    ― أوليفر ساكس, A Leg to Stand On
    tags: mostafa-hamza-tumblr-com
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    Kyle Keyes
    “Each time Olan Chapman comes to life, his anti-quarks remain on the far side of the Time Wall. After his life cycle ends, his quarks collapse back to these roots, and – presto – America's most wanted man is ready for his next adventure.”
    ― Kyle Keyes, Worm Holes
    tags: sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, scifi-adventure
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