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    “But because delicatessens are oriented around the consumption of red meat, the iconic Jewish eatery did take on a manly vibe, one that was exploited, as we shall see, by vaudeville routines, films, and TV shows about Jewish men using the delicatessen to shore up their precarious sense of masculinity. The food writer Arthur Schwartz has pointed out that, in Yiddish, the word for “overstuffed” is ongeshtupped; the meat is crammed between the bread in a crude, sensual way that recalls the act of copulation.27 The delicatessen, after all, is a space of carnality, of the pleasures of the “flesh”—the word for meat in Yiddish is fleysh.”
    ― Ted Merwin, Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli
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    Max Nowaz
    “You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,” shrieked his hellish voice. Whether the beast was a man in a mask or a demon of his imagination, made little difference to Adam, He was petrified.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: action, danger, fear, fiction, fiction-novel, insight, thriller, trauma, unpredictable
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    Susan Rowland
    “  Mary fought a savage impulse to slam the door on the couple. But they were too interesting to ignore in the circumstances of the murder. She caught sight of Richard spitting out a mouthful of hair.”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: drama, excitement, fiction, fiction-novel, mysterious, mystery, noir-mystery, suspense, tense, thriller
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    A.R. Merrydew
    “The computer began to titter. ‘Well it’s a long story honey, but the concise version is this. Talalia has been a bad girl. She was grounded for six months after her last trip.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, Inara
    tags: ai, artificial-intelligence, compelling, deep, future, humanity, sci-fi, science-fiction, suspense, thriller
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    Adam Scott Huerta
    “I understand more that pain is evidence to our awakening to truth and also a measure of closeness to truth.”
    ― Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black
    tags: conspiracy, dystopian-fiction, emotional-depth, gender, horrific, lies, morality, power, truth, violence
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    Elizabeth Tebby Germaine
    “Alisha was now sitting in a shabby armchair with her face buried in a tissue. ‘It’s when someone is kind,’ she whispered, ‘You can keep going until someone is kind.”
    ― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
    tags: betrayal, bible, dark, demon, fear, frightening, kindness, psychic, thrilling, vatican
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    Mike Martin
    “Are you sure this will work?” asked Princess Sophie as she was pulling the cart away from Lady Ariana’s cottage.
    “If you believe, it will work,” said Lady Ariana.”
    ― Mike Martin, Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir
    tags: christmas-adventure, colourful, faith, fun, happy-endings, heart-warming, hope, imagination, love, spirit-of-christmas
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    Rebecca Harlem
    “Visitors are not permitted to see me twice. You will have to join the cult in order to do so. If the visitor sees me for the second time, he does not recognize me.”
    ― Rebecca Harlem, The Pink Cadillac
    tags: explore, fun, interwoven, kinky, literature, marriage, personal, personal-growth, self-discovery, sexual
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    Erin Morgenstern
    “Nothing's impossible," Poppet responds. She smiles at him and jumps, her red hair trailing out behind her as she falls.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
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    Barack Obama
    “Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.”
    ― Barack Obama
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    Jana Petken
    “Mankind’s biggest failure is its inability to learn from the mistakes of the past, and its silence in the face of atrocities committed against those without a voice.”
    ― Jana Petken, The German Half-Bloods
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    P.D. Eastman
    “You are not my mother. You are a scary Snort!”
    ― P.D. Eastman & Roy McKee, Are You My Mother?
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    Voltaire
    “But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.”
    ― Voltaire, Candide
    tags: live, world
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    Edward Abbey
    “My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time.”
    ― Edward Abbey, Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey
    tags: allegiance, glory, humanity, loyalty, nations, nature, patriotism
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    “The city centre was still crawling with Christmas shoppers looking to add to their already burgeoning piles of gifts. To Scott they were like ants at a picnic, teeming from store to store, trailing oversized carrier bags and infants behind them as they went. Scott felt alien in this environment; pulling up his hood he hurried through the crowds, dodging pushchairs, lit cigarettes and charity collection tins.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: christmas, resentment, youth
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    Raz Mihal
    “Human love needs answers and proof, while divine love needs nothing more than the feeling and the awareness of its existence.”
    ― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her
    tags: awareness, belief, boundaries, courage, encouraging, fulfilment, life, men-s-spirituality, time, wisdom
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    Edward Williams
    “he couldn't entice me with his pills, hookers, guns or war mission”
    ― Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
    tags: australia, drugging, gaslighting, hitmen, insight, memoirs, murder, occult-organisations, perils, trauma
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    Alice Walker
    “Why you like this, huh? Why you always think you have to do things your own way? I ast your mama bout it one time, while you was in jail.
    What she say? ast Sofia.
    She say you think your way as good as anybody else's. Plus, it yours.
    Sofia laugh.”
    ― Alice Walker, The Color Purple
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    Frederick Douglass
    “Prior to his conversion, he relied upon his own depravity to shield and sustain him in his savage barbarity; but after his conversion, he found religious sanction and support for his slaveholding cruelty.”
    ― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
    tags: american-slavery
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    Iain Banks
    “Perhaps he just got fed up acting normal and decided to act crazy instead, and they locked him up because he went too far.”
    ― Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory
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  • #21
    “Attest:”
    ― Founding Fathers, The United States Constitution
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  • #22
    John Gunther
    “He had not recognized me, and thought I was some master he did not know.”
    ― John Gunther, Death Be Not Proud
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