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#1

“The summer of 2019 had overstayed its welcome in Florida,
lingering well into September. As if to make a point about global
warming, the rabid sun scorched the waters of Biscayne Bay for
weeks, generating a haze of humidity that blurred the line between
the windless sea and the sky above. Not to be accused of playing
favorites, the sun’s rays beat down on the land with equal spite,
pummeling grass, palms, and bushes into limp submission. The
heat weaponized asphalt roads and cement sidewalks, the shimmery
mirages above them a clear warning to all living things to stay away
or burn.”
― J.K. Franko, Eye for Eye

tags: murder, perfect-crime, suspense-and-drama, thriller-novels

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#2

“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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#3

“The reality is that the lives of the smallest patients are in our hands, and their clinical condition can change in an instant. No matter how many times you are involved in situations such as this, the physical stress and anxiety as well as the emotional and psychological effects of being immersed in that environment are dramatic and lasting on the human body, mind, and central nervous system. These effects are severe, and I firmly believe that they are cumulative over your lifetime.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: action, doctors, family-life, fiction, health, patients, realistic, ruin, strife

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#4

“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: betrayal, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, murder, psychological, suspense, thriller

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#5

“Love is the Answer, God is the Cure!”
― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer God is the Cure

tags: inspirational, love, self-help, survivor

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#6

“Get up you lazy bastard. The Governor wants a word with you,” said a guard.  He opened his eyes and smiled. There was another guard standing near the cell door in  anticipation of any trouble. The prisoner smiled at him, too.  Now what can the Governor want from me? He wondered. His dishevelled form seemed  incapable of coherent thought. “It’s nice of him to remember me,” he said aloud, trying to  concentrate. “Surprising he’s got any time for a worthless shit like you,” said the first guard.  “I once used to be a very important person,” the prisoner said feebly.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

tags: 21st-century, action, drama, intrigue, thriller, thriller-novels-best

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#7

“Truthfully, Professor Hawking? Why would we allow tourists from the future muck up the past when your contemporaries had the task well in Hand?"
Brigadier General Patrick E Buckwalder 2241C.E.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence

tags: science-fiction, time-travel, time-travel-fiction, time-travel-romance

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#8

“From now on, you need to treat trading on key support/resistance your second nature. It is the secret of all successful traders in the world.”
― Frank Miller, Secrets On Reversal Trading: Master Reversal Techniques In Less Than 3 days

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#9

“When a shy person smiles, it's like the sun coming out.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

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#10

“In our case, the law really was blind; in its mistreatment of women, it knew no religion, race or creed.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

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#11

“You have to admit that anatomically, this ear business rivals my father’s fear that a bicycle seat could ruin your virginity”
― Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood

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#12

“My Aspasia. With her, he’d discovered the sweetness in life . . . and she might like to know that. He’d tell her sometime. But he knew he’d given this lovely woman what she’d wanted most, their son’s name. He leaned over to the child. “So, you’re Little Pericles.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: action, drama, exploration, fiction, future, literary-fiction, page-turner, politics, present

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#13

“Si ce n'est pas une chose, c'en est une autre”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

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#14

“Dearie, I’m not going to speak for other people.” Megan manoeuvred her lips into a smile, but her eyes stayed cold. “Now. What else would you like to see me about?”
“Do you think things will go backwards if the Rowlands push for change?”
“It’s not my place to judge that, but I’ll tell you this for nothing. The Rowlands aren’t the only ones with a vested interest in everything around here. They might own it on paper, but folks make their living here, and if the Rowlands threaten that, they’ll get more than they bargained for.”
Something in Megan’s tone caused Saskia to tense. The smile that Megan continued to hold on her lips seemed now an image of threat.”
― Miriam Verbeek, The Forest: A thrilling international crime novel

tags: climatic, drama, excitement, fiction-novel, mysterious, profound, suspense, tense, thriller

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#15

“She's just one of the plethora of women you rotate through your bed." Lily looked scared out of her mind as the queen changed direction and stalked her. "I will not allow you to besmirch the Esca name with your filthy plot to steal the prince.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

tags: adventure, drama, fiction, genetics, political, sci-fi, science-fiction, supremacist, war

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#16

“She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: betrayal, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, realistic, suspense, thriller

438 likes

#17

“Violence was a slippery slope, lubricated by a lot of blood, if history had any lessons to teach.”
― John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

tags: drug-cartels, drug-trafficking, haruki-murakami, intrigue, japan, kenya, mystery-thriller, nigeria, true-crime, uganda

113 likes

#18

“What are you going to do? Shoot me. Do it! I dare you. I don’t care,” she yelled.”
― Becky Wilde, Bratva Connection: Maxim

tags: action, adventure, danger, drama, erotica, fiction, love, mafia, relationships, romance

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#19

“It was all about the G.I.s overseas. As the war became more of a reality and blue stars on windows were turning to gold stars indicating a soldier’s death, the tensions at home were increasing. Giving what little they could for the war effort was often an act of desperation. Some people made pacts with God to bring their men home hoping beyond hope that it made a difference.”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

tags: america, culture, drama, fiction, fictional-drama, fictional-narratives, historical-fiction, history, war

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#20

“Do flyers become archers when you give them a bow? No. They need arrows, too.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

tags: action, adventure, drama, fantasy-fiction, fiction, literary-fiction, literature, magic, mystery

155 likes

#21

“It was so quiet, a reservation kind of quiet, where you can hear somebody drinking whiskey on the rocks three miles away.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

tags: addiction, depression, deprivation, drinking, fear, isolation, loneliness, silence, solitude, whiskey

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#22

“The English patrician bloomed in his natural climate.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

tags: assumptions, conventional-wisdom, heritage

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#23

“Michel. In my dreams, you come and get me. You take me by the hand and you lead me away. This life is too much for me to bear. I look at the key and I long for you and for the past. For the innocent, easy days before the war. I know now my scars will never heal. I hope my son will forgive me. He will never know. No one will ever know.”
― Tatiana de Rosnay, Sarah's Key

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#24

“Originality must compound with inheritance.”
― Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

tags: change, grace-of-god, heritage, identity, innovation, legacy, parenthood

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#25

“By the time that the League of Nations turned Rwanda over to
Belgium as a spoil of World War I, the terms Hutu and Tutsi had become clearly
defined as opposing “ethnic” identities, and the Belgians made this polarization
the cornerstone of their colonial policy.”
― Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

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#26

“Anyone who is ignorant, even a lord and prince, can and should be counted as one of the mob.”
― Cervantes

tags: ignorance, mob

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#27

“Your wish, my Qu—” I press my finger to his lips. “Let us race.” “You will not win.” Holden grabs my wrist and kisses it.”
― Tricia Copeland, To be a Fae Guardian

tags: action-and-adventure, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, love, magical, mystery, universe

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#28

“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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#29

“Jack, this is Vance McGruder. I couldn’t find your cell number so I’m taking a chance on reaching you at the cottage. It’s Monday afternoon and I need you here as soon as possible. I’ve arranged for a one-way, first-class ticket on Delta Air Lines on their 3:15pm flight tomorrow afternoon to Atlanta and connecting on to LAX. I’ll have a car and driver at LAX to pick you up. Call me as soon as you get this message.”
― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods

tags: fiction, fiction-novel, mystery-suspense

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#30

“Robinson had thoroughly enjoyed her evening at the opera. Her only previous experience had been a performance of Wagner, to which the Assistant Commissioner, an avid Wagnerian, had taken her a year before. It was a strange but admirable British characteristic, she had thought at the time, how little antagonism was directed against the great artistic creations of the enemy, even of Richard Wagner, the great idol of Hitler.”
― Mark Ellis, The French Spy

tags: descriptive, eye-opener, frontline-journalist, hatred, history, loss, perspectives, sacrifice, senseless-violence, violence

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