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#1

“Inseparable as sibs—strained as a couple.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

tags: action, adventure, drama, fantasy, fiction, intrigue, literature, magic, mystery, urban-fantasy

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#2

“In my country, we value achievement. People are free to decide what that means to them, and I’ve always considered helping others to be my way of accomplishing something important. I was hoping to serve others with my new job, but that’s history now, so I’m going to have to accomplish something big, or I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: achievement, compelling, dreams, emotional, goals, romance, seeking, sports-romance, survivor, women-s-literature

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#3

“GLOBAL TEMPERATURES HAVE LOWERED BY ONE DEGREE. GLOBEWIDE NATURAL INGREDIENT SHORTAGE IN EFFECT AS OF THIS MESSAGE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ”
― Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black

tags: absurd, conflicting-desires, desire, disorientation, existential-despair, exploring, freedom, self-doubt, unease, vivid

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#4

“When you’re in The System, like after being arrested, you’re no longer a participant. You’re being processed. Instead of an easy to ignore, well-greased cog, you become a sharp edge that needs to be ground down.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough

tags: betrayal, city, culture, dark, new-york-city, ny, plots, tragedy, twists, vibrant

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#5

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma

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#6

“Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

tags: drama, enlightening, exploration, fiction-writing, historical-biography, human-history, lovers, novel, period-drama, powerful

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#7

“…the painting was now all finished, she would leave the masking tape on till it dried. It was satisfying to do this. A job with a beginning, middle and end, and people to have dinner with. Don’t think about it, keep busy. Got no money anyway.”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

tags: beyond-the-grave, cocaine-addiction, demon, emotional, exorcism, fear, ghost, lies, lonely, manor-house

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#8

“Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast.
The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this?
I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him.
[...]
Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch!
What I mean is . . . maybe it's only us.
Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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#9

“We can’t all be Mad Hatters,”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

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#10

“We learned love was just like a soap bubble, so shining and bright one day, and the next day it popped.”
― V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

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#11

“The most subversive people are those who ask questions.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

tags: questioning, rebel, subversive

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#12

“And yet suddenly, terribly, he wanted it again, the way it used to be, arms linked together, all drunk and singing beautifully into the night, with visions of death from the afternoon and dreams of death in the coming dawn, the night filled with a monstrous and temporary glittering joy, fat moments, thick seconds dropping like warm rain, jewel after jewel.”
― Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

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#13

“Nothing in the natural world, no forest, no river, no insect nor leaf has any intrinsic value to men. All is worthless, utterly dispensable unless we discover some benefit to ourselves in it—even the most ardent forest lover thinks this way. Men behave as overlords. They decide what will flourish and what will die. I believe that humankind is evolving into a terrible new species and I am sorry that I am one of them.”
― Annie Proulx, Barkskins

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