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#1

“Jamie’s eyes gleamed. “God forgive me, I want there to be a murderer after the Falconer family so we in the College feel less to blame.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

tags: action, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, murder-mystery, mystery, noir, noir-mystery

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“He motioned for Elpidio to sit down after watching him pace the room in circles. Elpidio pulled out a chair and admitted, 'I've messed up in more ways than I can count.”
― Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller

tags: action, conspiracy, crime, danger, drama, espionage, gripping, intense, mob, thriller

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#3

“He sounds like a politician running for office.”
― March Lions, The Last Sunset

tags: action-packed, alien-invasion, alien-spacecraft, aliens, compelling, earth, fast-paced, galaxy, humans, struggles

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#4

“Thieves? A twinge of panic shot through her. Dabbing at the fever-induced perspiration beading across her forehead, she wondered vaguely why the air conditioning wasn't blowing full-force on this hot September afternoon. Then she realized it was.”
― Cricket Rohman, Wanted: An Honest Man

tags: action, adventure, emotionally-charged, loss, memories, mystery, romance, struggles, tucson, women

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#5

“Just now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller

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#6

“Now then, the funeral party. In case you all aint noticed, the first three letters of the word funeral spells fun.”
― Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree

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#7

“It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next.

It made me tired just to think of it.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: depression, sadness

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#8

“Home. One place is just like another, really. Maybe not. But truth is it's all just rock and dirt and people are roughly the same. I was born up there but I'm no stranger here. Have always felt at home everywhere, even in Virginia, where they hate me. Everywhere you go there's nothing but the same rock and dirt and houses and people and deer and birds. They give it all names, but I'm at home everywhere. Odd thing: unpatriotic. I was at home in England. I would be at home in the desert. In Afghanistan or far Typee. All mine, it all belongs to me. My world.”
― Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

tags: home

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#9

“A quick, sharp laugh from Quint broke the thread of tension. "What a pair of
assholes," he said. "I seen that coming since you came aboard this morning.”
― Peter Benchley, Jaws

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#10

“A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

tags: autobiography, borderline-personality-disorder, suicidal-thoughts, suicide

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#11

“You would never do anything like that, would you?" my wife asked him. "You would never hurt animals."

Our son shook his head, looking offended by the question. He might have been lying, but my knowledge of his belief system, composed of equal parts off-kilter Far Side animal-centrism and a dark Captain Nemoesque contempt for humanity, inclined me to think he was telling the truth. Gigantic fish pulling the limbs from cruel little boys, that might be something you could get him to sign on for.”
― Michael Chabon, Manhood for Amateurs

tags: animal-cruelty, humor

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#12

“She peeped through one of the small holes in the outer wall rising up from the walkway. The world on the outside was nothing but countryside now. Dirt roads, like chocolate ribbons, disappeared into woods or green fields in the distance.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

tags: action, drama, fantasy, fiction, iction, paranormal, teen-ya, urban

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#13

“Fairness is a leadership superpower. ”
― Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

tags: academic, fairness, foster, fundamental-needs, genuine, leaders, nurture, practical, suboptimal, workplace-culture

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#14

“This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?”
― R.D. Ronald

tags: christmas, festive, humbug, humour, writers-life

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#15

“Steve shook his head in amazement. ‘If that GOD person hadn’t left that case, we wouldn’t have any of this.’
Thomas agreed. ‘Personally, I can’t praise him enough.’ ”
― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange

tags: ai, androids, colonies, fantasy, fast-paced, fear, future, love, romance, weapons

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#16

“Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy stifled a laugh. "Actually he's more like a great-great-...Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother."
"Thanks." Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

tags: frank-zhang, percy-jackson, rick-riordan, son-of-neptune, tyson

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#17

“Their conversation had gone like this: 'Something something, something something, something something something…the White Dog of Afghanistan…something something something, something, something, something else, something entirely unintelligible.”
― Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

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#18

“A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon everyone as they saw the pianist enter.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

tags: pianist, satisfaction, surprise

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#19

“In the corner near her grandfather’s bed she saw a short ladder against the wall; up she climbed and found herself in the hayloft. There lay a large heap of fresh sweet-smelling hay, while through a round window in the wall she could see right down the valley.”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

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#20

“To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.”
― Founding Fathers, The United States Constitution

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#21

“Before birth; yes, what time was it then? A time like now, and when they were dead, it would be still like now: these trees, that sky, this earth, those acorn seeds, sun and wind, all the same, while they, with dust-turned hearts, change only.”
― Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms

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