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#1

“With our beloved prairie voles the female has her ovulation induced by the smell of male urine. It’s a sure sign there’s a male nearby and so her body gets ready for mating. The exact opposite of a human female getting a whiff of urinals in a nightclub and her vagina falling off in disgust”
― Sara Pascoe

tags: sara-pascoe, women-s-humor

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#2

“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister...

"I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster into a future akin to a dystopian novel I'll never run out of material to write more books. Although now that reality is more bizarre than fiction maybe plot-lines will need to be more ambitious. Perhaps a book where Boris Johnson is really an accidental sentient snafu of Trump's scrotum lint. Kind of a sequel to the Bush-Blair story. I see musical rights being drawn up as we speak.”
― R.D. Ronald

tags: dystopian, dystopian-future, political, politicians, politics, prime-minister, satire, satire-quote, satire-quotes

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#3

“2. Alice Ereldon was in her late twenties, unmarried, and she had a reputation. She was an attractive twenty-eight-year-old. Her long brown hair hung down over her shoulders and she could conveniently sweep it over her face, partially hiding her dazzling amber eyes. The eyes were her secret weapon; she could look like a cat lining up its prey, and her prey was usually young male courtiers.”
― Robert Reid, The Empress

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fantasy

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#4

“Be willing to be a place where God can let His dreams for you grow.”
― Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

tags: bible, christian, faith, god, knowledge, love, prayers, prophetic, spiritual, teachings

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#5

“Jake’s shirt and jeans gave off a business vibe with the hint of a wide range of corporate occupations from sales to IT. Only politicians and real estate agents wore a suit and tie these days. Dressed to push an agenda. A man wearing a two-piece suit and tie would be remembered and many people became guarded, sus of the wearer’s intention. Guarded meant memorable.
Blend into the environment; do not stick out.”
― Simon W. Clark, Dead Mercenary's Trail

tags: action, betrayal, conspiracy, covert, disguises, espionage, international-locations, political-thriller, spy-thriller, technothriller

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#6

“Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

tags: charity, complacency, false-charity, oppression

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#7

“We’re none of us normal. Not in this fucking country.”
― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies

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#8

“Body and soul are partners, and neither must desert the other.”
― Pearl S. Buck, Pavilion of Women

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#9

“And then the sly arch-lover that he was, he said the subtlest thing of all: that the lover was nearer the divine than the beloved; for the god was in the one but not in the other - perhaps the tenderest, most mocking thought that ever was thought, and source of all the guile and secret bliss the lover knows.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Tales

tags: beloved, guile, love, subtle

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#10

“. . . he felt himself entering a moment so real he could only run toward it, shouting.”
― Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood

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#11

“The cold buried deep inside the bones of her hands, her feet, her head, her back…everywhere. Viola felt old, chilled, and exflunctified. She brushed away her snow-white hair and with gnarled fingers tried tucking it under the black, lacy, silk nightcap that her great niece Annie had sewn for her. Each day, her clothes consisted of a long, white, embroidered nightgown, and a soft, warm, lavender sontag with the hair brooch secured upon her left shoulder. The few pleasures she had since she could no longer see were those of having mail or newspaper stories read to her by relatives who took turns caring for her. She could not tolerate people or activity. Food and drink were tasteless. Although the family made many attempts at a tray of concoctions for her each day, she had just quit eating. She remained closed in her bedroom in this dizzy age, propped in bed, eyes shut with her memories. “Who knew I would live this long?”
― Sheridan Brown, The Viola Factor

tags: african-american, civil-war, education, mental-health, outspoken, principles, roots, self-discovery, servant, unjust

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#12

“Bring me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long in prison.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, insight, trauma, unpredictable

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#13

“We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Inara

tags: ai, artificial-intelligence, compelling, deep, future, humanity, sci-fi, science-fiction, suspense, thriller

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#14

“Touching the light of enlightenment means that divine love intuition is accessible beyond our limited mind.”
― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her

tags: divineintuition, enlightenment, spiritualawakening

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#15

“Jack laughed behind him, a mirthless sound from a man who had been on the wrong end of life's ironies too many times.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: bitterness, cruelty, ironies

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#16

“Are you free of each other, pretty Mrs. Valeria, by common consent of both parties?”
― Wilkie Collins, The Law and the Lady

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#17

“My face felt like it had just been rammed into a brick wall . . . because it had.”
― Jon Scieszka, Other Worlds

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#18

“And remember, also...that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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#19

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

tags: wisdom

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#20

“Es rīkojos kā man ir vislabāk. Un vislabāk ir būt vienkāršam. Pavisam, pavisam vienkāršam. Un, kad vajag ko īpašu, tam jābūt pavisam, pavisam īpašam.”
― Mario Puzo, The Last Don

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#21

“الموت ... الموت ينتظرك كل لحظة”
― ليو تولستوي

tags: موت

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#22

“Ah! You speak Levitan,” the man smiled. “But you’re not from Levita I think.” Like most Levitians he was a good looking man, if perhaps a bit effete for Brown’s tastes.  “No, I lived there for a while.”  “Did you enjoy your stay?” “Up to a point. The Levitian women are very beautiful.” “Yes of course. So are the men in Levita,” the man smiled. “We used to have a cleansing programme to ensure a healthy population.” “You mean a culling policy, where you killed all the weakest members of the population.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

tags: dark, dark-humour, drama, fiction, mystery, thriller

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#23

“Margo tilted her head toward her husband asking, “What is it about beach volleyball that captures your attention?”
More than anything I’m amazed how they’re able to keep everything in the proper place when spiking the ball. Makes me want to invest in spandex . . . and of course, their fitness is enviable,” he said, his face broadening into a playful smile.”
― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush

tags: drama, fiction, guilt, mystery, novel, redemption, sorrow, suffering

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#24

“In a popular state the inhabitants are divided into certain classes,” Montesquieu affirmed in a Marxian manner a century before Marx! So, the popular state is a fiction; it is transient, fleeting, and for this reason — imaginable only. In its rigorous scientific sense of a class instrument, it is practically an empty matter sophism, a complete commonplaceness, an offspring of mental weakness. There is no such state! If it is a state, it is not popular! If it is popular, it is not a state yet! The State is a violent institution for social injustice generated by two main classes, which are main ones because they are at enmity… Any people closed in a state, are divided into classes. “For indeed any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich.”(Plato, The Republic). Not Marx, still Plato said the truth!”
― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

tags: communism, dictatorship, influence, liberty, marxism, oppression, political, radical, regime, sovereignty

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#25

“He turned and saw Becky, crying in the doorway of her house. What was he doing here? Turning back he saw flashing blue lights at the end of the road, and realised the ringing in his ears was the sound of approaching sirens.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: impending-doom, reality-check, realization

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#26

“Ngo Diem was heard to say, “I want a repressive machine controlling the whole of the country of South Vietnam from Saigon to the remotest villages. You shall apply massacres, torture, deportations, and mass imprisonment while conducting constant raids. You shall make the population so fearful of this government that no-one shall ever dare to become a revolutionary or any other kind of outlaw!”

(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
― Michael G. Kramer

tags: band-of-brothers, guns, love, loyalty, military-budget, pilots-family, politics, poverty

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#27

“While Bonnie may love her books, her favorite thing of all is when kids from the school come over to visit.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

tags: bookish-kids, childrens-books, community, library-visit, read-aloud, school-trip, storytime

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#28

“This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: adventure, drama, engaging, exciting, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery

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#29

“Such abilities are the true gifts of the spirit, my daughter.”
― Candace Lynn Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

tags: epic-fantasy, fantasy-readers, inner-power, intuition, mind-magic, self-discovery, spiritual-gifts

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#30

“And every little burg had the same building hierarchy: banks, churches, insurance companies, and hardware stores.”
― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity

tags: americangothic, bookclubpick, culturescan, financialfiction, observation, smalltownamerica

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