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    Susan Rowland
    “   In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: drama, excitement, fiction, fiction-novel, fictional, horror, thriller
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    “It is one thing to pray, but another thing to watch how God answers - and He does so effortlessly.”
    ― Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
    tags: adversity, faith, fulfilling, insightful, life, live, perseverance, purposeful, succeed, unique-perspective
    96 likes

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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “It was as if we played chess after denying me both bishops and knights.”
    ― 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
    369 likes

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    Barry Kirwan
    “Killed by our collective blindness. Not a great epitaph.”
    ― Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox
    tags: adventure, colonization, cyberpunk, epic, original, sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, space, thriller
    101 likes

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    Aimee Cabo Nikolov
    “#metooasachild”
    ― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
    tags: metooasachild
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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
    284 likes

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    Anne Michaud
    “The five Roosevelt children had 17 marriages among them. They struggled to find security in love.”
    ― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
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    J.K. Franko
    “Every cold case is someone’s failure. And while every failure has many illegitimate parents, usually, one person gets stuck with the kid. Scholz was this ugly baby’s mother. And mommas can be very temperamental about their babies, especially the ugly ones.”
    ― J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle
    tags: crime, death, fascinating, intrigue, law, murder, revenge, suspicious, tragedy
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    Chad Boudreaux
    “Mize knew that the outcome of today’s hearing was all about politics. Lady Justice wasn’t blind. She was wearing see-no-evil lenses and had been cursed with a more troubling disability—muteness. There existed no doubt in his mind that political machinations had suffocated legal precedent on this day.”
    ― Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt
    tags: drama, fiction, investigate, mystery, page-turner, plot-driven, puppeteering, survival, thriller, treachery
    87 likes

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    Dean Mafako
    “You understand that you are being manipulated by others and you become overwhelmed by hospital bureaucracy. It feels as though you have been violated by administrators who have robbed you of your passion for helping children. That passion that drove you to become a healthcare provider is replaced with mistrust, negativity, and hopeless skepticism.”
    ― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out
    tags: drama, family-life, fiction, hospital, personal-growth, re-building, realistic, stress, strife, thriller
    94 likes

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    Harold Bloom
    “Imaginative literature is otherness, and as such alleviates loneliness”
    ― Harold Bloom, How to Read and Why
    tags: connection, literature, loneliness, reading
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    Art Spiegelman
    “DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS A MIDGET MUST GO!”
    ― Art Spiegelman, Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!
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    Dalton Trumbo
    “Please all you guys who want to fight to preserve our honor let us know what the hell honor is. Is it American honor for the whole world we’re fighting for? Maybe the world doesn’t like it. Maybe the South Sea Islanders like their honor better.”
    ― Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun
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    M. Scott Peck
    “Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.”
    ― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
    tags: loving-others, self-love
    68 likes

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    Anne Frank
    “In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.”
    ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
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