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    Steven Decker
    “I wondered what the Teacher would do if I refused, but I had no reason to. I found him to be a fascinating ... being, and I enjoyed his company.”
    ― Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind
    tags: action, dark, fascinating, fast-paced, fear, gripping, love, mysterious, mystery, rules
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    “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
    “Colonel Nguyen Van Tan said, “Sauget et Sang, you shall start making amends by confessing your crimes in public here, in this courtroom when the reporters from news services around the world arrive!”

    (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
    ― Michael G. Kramer
    tags: bad, dangerous, deeds, divided, division, ethics, good, greed, helpless, humanity
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    “You were destined to find the amulet. This is because the Divines see something in you, Chase of Dragonfell. Something they haven’t seen in anyone for quite some time.”
    ― Cade Mengler, The Companions
    tags: ancient, coward, dark-fantasy-horror, divine, fantasy, light, magical-knowledge, magical-land, memories, unstable
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    Alan Bradley
    “Life was about making sense out of the insensible. A ball of fire out of a clear blue sky? Must’ve been a meteorite, maybe debris from an airplane. Random flashes of light and color at night? A transformer blew up, you must’ve been dreaming, you’re talking crazy, quiet down, take your meds.”
    ― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough
    tags: magic, out-of-control, shotgun, supernatural, supernatural-abilities, thriller, thriller-fiction, trauma, traumatic-events, violent
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    Therisa Peimer
    “She's just one of the plethora of women you rotate through your bed." Lily looked scared out of her mind as the queen changed direction and stalked her. "I will not allow you to besmirch the Esca name with your filthy plot to steal the prince.”
    ― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
    tags: adventure, drama, fiction, genetics, political, sci-fi, science-fiction, supremacist, war
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    Andri E. Elia
    “I need a minute.”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
    tags: bloodshed, child, compelling, destruction, fiction, genetics, mothers-love, planetary-destruction, senses, struggles
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    “Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you”
    ― Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur
    tags: arthurian, camelot, gawaine, king-arthur, le-morte-d-arthur, thomas-malory
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    Esther Forbes
    “If you can't do, you had best shut up. He started to slam the door, thought better of it. If you can't do, you'd best not slam doors.”
    ― Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain
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    Michael Chabon
    “Mendel had a remarkable nature as a boy. I’m not talking about miracles. Miracles are a burden for a tzaddik, not the proof of one. Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir. There was something in Mendele. There was a fire.”
    ― Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union
    tags: miracles, philosophy
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    Mitch Albom
    “Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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    Gary Paulsen
    “So. So. So here I am.” And there it is, he thought. For”
    ― Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
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