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    Mike Martin
    “He mixed his sacred medicines and smudged. Afterward, he sat there for a moment to allow the smoke to come into his body and spirit. This one act connected him, even if briefly, to himself and to what he believed was the spirit world. In that space he offered thanks to those who had come before him and asked for help in this world, not just for himself but for anyone who might be struggling this morning.”
    ― Mike Martin, Too Close For Comfort
    tags: crime-story, curiosity, danger, humour, inspector, newfoundland, page-turner, police-force, protect, suspicious
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    Elizabeth Tebby Germaine
    “There’s something… I can’t really explain it. Best not to try.’ ‘I’m so sorry. Must be so disturbing for you. But can’t you tell him about it?’  ‘No.’  ‘Is it affecting him?’  ‘I can’t really say. It’s complicated. He’s strong, he can overcome it, it’s going to take time. It’s something he has to face, something very difficult and complex. I can’t go there to be with him and I can’t say anything. I have to do what I have to do.”
    ― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
    tags: beyond-the-grave, emotions, fear, horror, hostile, intrigue, odd, premonition, thrilling, tragedy
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    K. Ritz
    “It does little good to regret a choice. So often people say, “If only I had known,” implying they would’ve acted differently in a given situation. It is true that desires of the moment can blind one’s sight of the future. Revenge is not as sweet as the adage claims. Yet who could pass a chance to taste it? And if the chance were allowed to slip by, would the fool regret his lack of action? ”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, fantasy-adventure, fascinating, fiction, humour, intrigue, journal, magic, spiritual
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    Raz Mihal
    “Feeling love in our hearts proves that divinity lives inside of us and stops looking outside.”
    ― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her
    tags: divinitywithin, innerlove, stopsearching
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    Susan Rowland
    “She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: betrayal, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, realistic, suspense, thriller
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    “Deciding to wait, Scott sat down with a pint away from the bar at a corner table and lit a cigarette. The clientele in there on Sunday afternoon were the same as most other afternoons. From middle-aged to old men, drinking and cursing at the world like it was the last bus which had just left the stop without them.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: philosophical-musings, reflection
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    A.R. Merrydew
    “The concept and subsequent development of these JEN2 successors to the old machines, was a story in its own right. It was also one marred with frustration, hidden agendas and ultimately punctuated with a sad human tragedy.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
    tags: destruction, drama, dystopian, earth, fast-paced, human-evolution, humans, machines, trilogy, war
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    Max Nowaz
    “He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
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    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller
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    “I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
    ― Martel, Yann
    tags: doubt
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    Franz Kafka
    “I am not well; I could have built the Pyramids with the effort it takes me to cling on to life and reason.”
    ― Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice
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    Tina Traverse
    “We Are brothers, tied by blood, in our veins, what we spill. But it is a deadly secret that will forever bind us.”
    ― Tina Traverse, Destiny of the Vampire
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    Emily Brontë
    “He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears, or render my hilarity audible.”
    ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
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    “The indigestible parts of giant squid, in particular their beaks, accumulate in sperm whales’ stomachs into the substance known as ambergris, which is used as a fixative in perfumes. The next time you spray on Chanel Number 5 (assuming you do), you may wish to reflect that you are dousing yourself in distillate of unseen sea monster.”
    ― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
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    Nelson Mandela
    “I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.”
    ― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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