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    Gina Buonaguro
    “Knowing I should get into the habit of praying on my knees before bed, I shrugged and instead huddled under the bedcovers, the rose clasped in my hands close to my heart. The stem was very long, with all thorns removed, and an old Venetian saying came to mind: The longer the stem, the greater the love.”
    ― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice
    tags: convent, fiction, fiction-novel, historical, renaissance, researched, scandals, secrets, venice, women-s-saga
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    Eli Wilde
    “Maybe the flies knew we were leaving. Maybe they were happy for us.”
    ― Eli Wilde, Orchard of Skeletons
    tags: action, ai, danger, drama, dystopian, friendship, graphic, horror, love, romance
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  • #3
    “Imagine your worst day, multiply it by a hundred, and pray to your God
    that you never experience what some of the people in this war zone go
    through, everyday, without any hope of it getting better. Ever. Compared
    to these people, every day, no matter how bad, is the best day ever. I
    know nothing about pain, nothing about suffering and hopefully never will.”
    ― Hendri Coetzee, Living the Best Day Ever
    tags: biography, dreams, events, journey, life, life-journey, memoir, travel, true
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    Karl Braungart
    “Sure as hell doesn’t seem that Williams’ study and findings were general. This man talked from fact. I bet this is the scientist and study they want.”
    ― Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity
    tags: cia, cic, conditioned, deployment, military-intelligence, russia, soldiers, spies, spy
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    Karen Hinton
    “The last few weeks of that summer, Janice lost interest in our conversations…. Her mind was taking her to other places, as though she was listening to a song or watching a movie or reading a book we could neither see nor hear.”
    ― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
    tags: biographies, biography, glass-ceiling, journalism, karen-hinton, memoir, penis-politic, political-leaders, revelatory, women-s-biographies
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    Alexandre Dumas
    “Does the open wound in another's breast soften the pain of the gaping wound in our own? Or does the blood which is welling from another man's side staunch that which is pouring from our own? Does the general anguish of our fellow creatures lessen our own private and particular anguish? No, no, each suffers on his own account, each struggles with his own grief, each sheds his own tears.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask
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    Catherine Marshall
    “By jiminy, we do own the only newspaper in town. There must be some way we can use it to do some good there." - Mr. Wallace”
    ― Catherine Marshall, Julie
    tags: journalism, journalist, julie, newspaper, writing
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me." I hesitated, know that if I stopped now, I'd never be able to say it to anyone. "I love you," I whispered. "Did you ever imagine something like this?" she wondered aloud. "You and me , I mean?" "No," I said. "It scares me a little." My stomach flipped, and all at once, I was sure she didnt feel the same way. "You dont have to say it back to me," I began. "That's not why I said it--" "I know," she interrupted. "You don't understand. I wasnt scared because you told me. I got scared because I wanted to say it, too: I love you, John.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
    tags: romance
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness?—from the covenant of peace a simile of sorrow? But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe, Berenice
    tags: beauty, happiness, sorrow
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    Victoria Aveyard
    “A lie will raise me up, and one day another lie will bring me down.”
    ― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen
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    Sybrina Durant
    “No metal. . .no magic. . .and no technology.”
    ― Sybrina Durant, Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Elemental Dragons
    tags: alphabet-book, children-s-chemistry-books, education, fun, illustrations, kids-reading, magical-powers, scientific-facts, storytelling, young-adult-chemistry-books
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    Max Nowaz
    “He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
     ”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller
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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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  • #14
    “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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    Michael G. Kramer
    “Although enemy forces had overrun the mortar and some gun positions, they did not have everything their own way.”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy
    tags: documented, factual, indochina-war, insightful, recount-of-war, united, unity, unrest, warring, world
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    Robert Reid
    “She then continued. “All of the iron work was destroyed. Melted lumps of iron lay all round the smithies but there was one fragment that remained whole, a motif from one of the cannons, a dragon’s head. Below the fiery mouth, words were embossed in the metal, ‘Lex Talionis’.”
    Robert Reid – The Son”
    ― Robert Reid, The Son
    tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy
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    Helen Fielding
    “What is it about mothers and the phone which, immediately you say you have to go, makes them think of nineteen completely irrelevant things they have to tell you that minute?”
    ― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
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    Rohinton Mistry
    “بالرغم من كل شيء، ليست حياتنا سوى سلسلة من الحوادث، سلسلة من الأحداث العرضية. سلسلة من الخيارات، العرضية أو المتعمَّدة، تُضاف إلى تلك الفاجعة الكبيرة التي ندعوها الحياة.”
    ― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
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    Sara Gruen
    “He’s paragon schnitzophonic.” “He’s what?!” “Paragon schnitzophonic,” repeats Uncle Al. “You mean paranoid schizophrenic?”
    ― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
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  • #20
    “We were left with nothing because of a love like acid that ate its way through our entire family.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: acid, love-gone-wrong, love-hurts, poison, reflection
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    Ursula Hegi
    “Only a few people in Burgdorf had read Mein Kampf, and many thought that all this talk about Rssenreinheit-purity of the race-was ludicrous and impossible to enforce. Yet the long training in obedience to elders, government, and church made it difficult-even for those who considered the views of the Nazis dishonorable-to give voice to their misgivings. And so they kept hushed, yielding to each new indignity while they waited for the Nazis and their ideas to go away, but with each compliance they relinquished more of themselves, weakening the texture of the community while the power of the Nazis swelled.”
    ― Ursula Hegi, Stones from the River
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    Leon Uris
    “shvartze”
    ― Leon Uris, Mitla Pass
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