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    Dean Mafako
    “The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,” which would come to be regurgitated with great regularity by hospital administration and by Dr. Kowatch, would eventually evolve to become what I would describe as an unhealthy infatuation, one that I now understand represented the developing disconnect between the majority of the Heart Center team and hospital administration, which would ultimately have detrimental effects on the program, which would become visible to all in the near future.”
    ― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out
    tags: action, burnout, children-s-hospital, dedication, drama, emotions, healthcare, humour, icu-setting
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan to act first and stage a preemptive strike against the French by launching “Operation Bright Moon”, which is now the code name for the Japanese coup d ětat which will disarm the Vichy French Forces by or during the 9th of March 1945!”  

    (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
    ― Michael G. Kramer
    tags: destruction, difficulty, fighting, military, ptsd, real-life, true-story, uncertainty, vietnam, war
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    Robert Reid
    “Angus reached the young woman to find that she was shaken more by the sudden fire than by the lion, as she had only seen it as it ran back to the mountain. Sliding from the back of the cob, he took the woman’s hand to calm her shaking. Quietly he introduced himself, and hesitantly she told him that her name was Elbeth, and she was the daughter of James Cameron.”
    ― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire
    tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy
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    Max Nowaz
    “I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,” laughed Adam. “We won’t have to dispose of the body. I’ll get a pan and brush in a minute and flush him down the toilet.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, magical, realistic, thriller, urban-fantasy
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  • #5
    J.K. Franko
    “Yep. God’s giving me a second chance at motherhood as a
    “thank you” for killing a bunch of scumbags. He’s looking down and
    thinking, “Well done, Susie. You’ll make a fine mommy.”
    ― J.K. Franko, Eye for Eye
    tags: fiction-writing, intrigue, suspense-thriller
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    William Kely McClung
    “He’d heard of men like that in the service. Never actually met one—one of the alpha dogs let off the leash to lead the pack—but suspected he had now.”
    ― William Kely McClung, Black Fire
    tags: combat, corruption, exploits, fury, horror, kidnap, mercenaries, military, mission, saviour
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  • #7
    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow
    tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel
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  • #8
    Barry Kirwan
    “Nathan had never wanted children of his own. Plenty of reasons. Babies screamed as soon as they were born – wasn’t that warning enough of what was to come? And when they grew into toddlers, and then young kids, they were far worse: tantrums, more screaming, whining. How many business trips, restaurant dinners, theatre visits, you name it, were ruined by one small, precocious loud brat and its doting, utterly useless parents? No discipline any more. Nathan had sure been disciplined.”
    ― Barry Kirwan, When the children come
    tags: action, dark, excitement, thriller
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    Aimee Cabo Nikolov
    “Unconditional Love conquers all!”
    ― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer God is the Cure
    tags: inspirational, love
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    Irène Némirovsky
    “Un soldato nemico non era mai solo - un essere umano di fronte a un altro - ma portava con sé una folla innumerevole di fantasmi, i fantasmi degli assenti e dei morti. Non ci si rivolgeva a un uomo ma a una moltitudine invisibile; così nessuna delle parole pronunciate era detta semplicemente e come tale ascoltata; si aveva sempre la strana sensazione che a parlare fosse soltanto una bocca, che parlava per tante altre, mute.”
    ― Irène Némirovsky, Suite Francaise
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    Fred Gipson
    “Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that to your folks. All they'll do is point out how much bigger you are, how unfair it is to your little brother.”
    ― Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
    tags: battles, immaturity, maturity, politics, war
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    Muriel Barbery
    “Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls.”
    ― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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    John Grisham
    “If you’re gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”
    ― John Grisham, Camino Island
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    Herman Wouk
    “Seventeen days before the end of the war, the minesweeper Caine finally swept a mine.”
    ― Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny
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    Susan Rowland
    “He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt.”
    “Mr. McCarthy, you’d better explain.”
    “Patrick, please. You’ll be tempted to laugh. It was a banana skin.”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: betrayal, fiction-novel, intrigue, investigation, murder-mystery, mystery, noir-mystery, suspense
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    Hubert Selby Jr.
    “In the winter everyones hate was bare if you looked. She saw hate in the icicles that hung from her window; she saw it in the dirty slush on the streets; she heard it in the hail that scratched her window and bit her face; she could see it in the lowered heads hurrying to warm homes …”
    ― Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “Henry told me once that his doctor thinks he's a new kind of human. You know, sort of the next step in evolution.'
    Grandma shakes her head. ‘That is just as bad as being a demon. Goodness, Clare, why in the world would you want to marry such a person? Think of the children you would have! Popping into next week and back before breakfast!”
    ― Audrey niffenegger
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    Alex Haley
    “And there was a lot of exclaiming about some Massa Patrick Henry having cried out, 'Give me liberty or give me death!' Kunta liked that, but he couldn't understand how somebody white could say it; white folks looked pretty free to him.”
    ― Alex Haley, Roots: The Saga of an American Family
    tags: freedom, liberty, political-freedom, revolution, slavery
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    Lucian Bane
    “You’re the slut here. You tell me Mr. Fuck-a-thoner. How does that work?!”
    ― Lucian Bane, The Mercy Trilogy
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    Emmuska Orczy
    “The weariest nights, the longest days, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.”
    ― Baroness Emmuska Orczy
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  • #21
    V.C. Andrews
    “...there has to be darkness if there is to be light.”
    ― V.C. Andrews, If There Be Thorns
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