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  • #1
    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “It was Sunday evening when it finally stopped raining. He and his dad went into the forest, and it was super wet. There were pools of water everywhere. And sure enough, the stream had jumped its banks. It looked like a torrent because it was running so fast. Joey had never seen the stream like that.”
    Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

  • #2
    “In the rose garden, the flowers are maneuvering toward the winter sunshine and the alluring sound of the koi pond’s waterfall makes you think it has a crush on you. You offer no resistance—you are done (at least temporarily) with the “regular” world.”
    Tom Hillman, Digging for God

  • #3
    Michael G. Kramer
    “As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning blow!” (Giap, 1990)”
    Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

  • #4
    Margarita Barresi
    “The bang of the modernist metal doorknocker exploded in the room. Jolting upright on the edge of the couch, Isa froze, her heart beating a discordance of dread. Her mind went blank as she stared
    at the door. No.”
    Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

  • #5
    Sara Pascoe
    “The summer sun bowing out threw slashes of colour between the buildings. London looked big, empty, and lonely. She stood in the doorway, like a cat trying to make up its mind.”
    Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

  • #6
    Lotchie Burton
    “Gabe suffers from survivor’s remorse. He won’t admit it because he doesn’t see it. Can’t recognize it in himself. He overcompensates for coming back alive, when so many didn’t. He’s got issues. You’ve got issues. Everyone has issues. But issues are a part of life. And whether we like it or not, even bad things happen for a reason.”
    Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

  • #7
    Author Harold Phifer
    “Out of nowhere, one of the twins grabbed my cap while the other delivered a blow to my head. She slapped the taste right out of my mouth. I couldn’t even feel my tongue. I spun around to face my bullies. The twins had become triplets. I couldn’t remember ever trying to drink three glasses of anything and this wouldn’t be the day to try.”
    Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

  • #8
    “Always move forward. Don’t dwell on the if-onlys.”
    Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

  • #9
    “He had done nothing on Christmas day, just wandered around outside in the frozen woods. Hard ground, chill winds and bare branches that looked like they'd been dipped in sugar. None of it seemed real, like walking around in a desolate dream, but one he didn't want to wake up from.”
    R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

  • #10
    Richard Yates
    “Warren Cox, God knew, was no prize; a commercial person, a sales person, the kind of man who said things like "x numbers of dollars". At lunch today, laboriously trying to explain some business procedure, he had said "x number of dollars" three times.”
    Richard Yates, Cold Spring Harbor

  • #11
    Bernhard Schlink
    “The truth of what one says lies in what one does.”
    Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

  • #12
    Ransom Riggs
    “I love you too, I wanted to say with as much hurtful sarcasm as I could muster, but she hadn't seen me, and I kept quiet. I did love her, of course, but mostly just because loving your mother is mandatory, not because she's someone I think I'd like very much if I met her walking down the street. Which she wouldn't be anyway; walking is for poor people”
    Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

  • #13
    William Golding
    “Quería explicar que la gente nunca resultaba ser del todo como uno se imagina que es.”
    William Golding, Lord of the Flies

  • #14
    Richelle Mead
    “I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear. I didn't like being treated like a child.
    "Stop calling me that. You don't even know what you're talking about."
    "Sure I do. I had to do a report on the R.S.S.R. last year.”
    Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy

  • #15
    Stephanie Perkins
    “Crushes are so awful. I wonder if they suck worse for the crush-er or the crush-ee. I consider my three years of watching Josh from afar. Yeah, definitely the crush-er.”
    Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After



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