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    Shafter Bailey
    “Cindy Divine and her parents paused by their boat to take in the natural beauty. Lake Barkley could have been a top-paid model for a glossy postcard company that morning. It lay between little hills all dressed up in new green, and its mirror-like water reflected a cloudless sky everywhere except along the shoreline where the hills were upside down. Clusters of blossoms, dogwood and redbud, were scattered here and there on the hillsides, and a brightening red was coloring the sky along the eastern hilltops.”
    ― Shafter Bailey, Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings
    tags: abuse, childhood, courage, courtroom-drama, guardian-angel, hope, inspirational, miracles, overcoming-trauma, resilience
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    “If the onset of wrinkles in middle age were referred to as laughter lines, then to look at him, Scott thought, Twinkle's life must have been hilarious. He had sharp eyes that often seemed to visually contradict the lack of intelligence that could be derived from listening to him talk. There might not be a lot to respect in Twinkle, but Scott liked him. He just didn't want to end up like him.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: descriptive-prose, empathetic
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    J. Rose Black
    “If there was one thing a former sniper could do well, it was wait. Patiently. Quietly. Without a sound. Barely a movement. Just him, a quiet mind and his breath.”
    ― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath
    tags: drama, fiction, fun, general-fiction, laugh-out-loud, love, relationships, romance-novel, satire-fiction, suspense
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  • #4
    “If you want to be great, you have to be a leader. You’ve got to listen to me, son. That’s what we brought you here to do, to be a leader. And you can do it.”
    ― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
    tags: biography, experiences, healing, journey, life, life-journey, self-discovery, teaching, time, travel
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    Dawn Chalker
    “What is she looking for?  She thought she had found it with Kyle.  But maybe she hadn’t. Perhaps she was looking for stability, security, sameness because her growing-up years had seemed so fragmented, and she often felt unsure of how she fit in.  Maybe stability isn’t all she is looking for.”
    ― Dawn Chalker, Lost and Found
    tags: drama, love, love-story, page-turner, pain, searching, security, stability, struggles, values
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  • #6
    “The first impressions with the ashram people
are these sparkling interior experiences. The eyeballs can be peepholes into the Milky Way and beyond. You may mumble under your breath that the ashram people could be on something.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: contemplating, deep, descriptive, enteratining-read, humorous, informative, insightful, love, spiritual-journey, unforgettable
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    Robert Reid
    “As the pair turned to leave they were taken by surprise by the shop owner. He was middle-aged and did not look as though he could overpower Arvid, although the large club he wielded showed his intention.
    Raimund instinctively made a run for the door, only to be floored by a blow from the club. From his dazed prone position Raimund watched in horror as his uncle thrust his knife into the shopkeeper’s chest. With blood pumping from the fatal wound, the shopkeeper fell across Raimund.”
    ― Robert Reid, The Emperor
    tags: book-1, drama, fantasy, fiction, historical, history, intrigue, mystery, trilogy
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    Lotchie Burton
    “If I were seducing you, I’d have you spread out like fine cuisine, working my way through the menu. From appetizer… to dessert.”
    ― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire
    tags: action, drama, exciting, exploration, fiction, love, passion, romance, sex, suspense
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  • #9
    Cassandra Clare
    “aren't you, uh... reproducing?

    "sure, we love reproducing it's one of our favorite things.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, funny
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    William Golding
    “I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously.”
    ― William Golding
    tags: rereading
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    Emmuska Orczy
    “No! The captain of the guard was that damned Englishman in disguise, and everyone of his soldiers aristos!" The”
    ― Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel
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  • #12
    “Lefèvre! I’ll bet they’re one and the”
    ― Carolyn Keene, The Secret in the Old Lace
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  • #13
    Edith Wharton
    “Who's 'they'? Why don't you all get together and be 'they' yourselves?”
    ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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  • #14
    Henry David Thoreau
    “The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Other Writings
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