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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “That is a death I will think of often and with great fondness.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood
    tags: coat-of-arms, compelling, curiosity, death, gripping, history, intriguing, love, struggles, turmoil
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    “Charlotte had been surrounded by men most of her adult life. Only one attracted her, only one had she fallen in love with – and he turned out to be cruel and broke her heart. But he was dead. She had killed him. He was a Nazi, an SS officer, dashing and charismatic … an evil person.”
    ― Hugo Woolley, The Wasp Trap
    tags: corruption, devotion, hidden-motives, literary-suspense, london-fiction, mysterious-past, noir-fiction, resistance-fighters, unreliable-characters, wartime-love-story
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
    tags: ancestry, australia, discovery, drama, generational, history, identity, life-experiences, vietnam, war
    167 likes

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    Margarita Barresi
    “Isa rolled her eyes. “Are you serious? You’re the only person I know who’d get upset that the FBI’s not watching him.”
    ― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage
    tags: alienation, artistic-sacrifice, bittersweet, courage, dramatic, historical-romance, lush, political-violence, postcolonial-literature, social-commentary
    120 likes

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    C. Toni Graham
    “Time was not on their side, it was the enemy.”
    ― C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Himalayan Crystals
    tags: adventure, engaging, exciting, fantasy, life, suspense, teen, ya, young-adult
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    William S. Burroughs
    “Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it 'creative observation.' Creative viewing.”
    ― William S. Burroughs, Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts
    tags: art, existance, reality
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    P.D. Eastman
    “It's a party. A big Dog Party.”
    ― P.D. Eastman
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    Norton Juster
    “But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them.

    "Think of all the trouble it saves," the man explained, and his face looked as if he'd be grinning an evil grin--if he could grin at all. "If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you'll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won't have the time. For there's always something to do to keep you from what you really should be doing, and if it weren't for that dreadful magic staff, you'd never know how much time you were wasting.”
    ― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
    tags: time, wasting-time
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    Aravind Adiga
    “Sometimes I wonder, Balram. I wonder what's the point of living. I really wonder...'
    The point of living? My heart pounded The point of your living is that if you die, who's going to pay me three and a half thousand rupees a month? ”
    ― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
    tags: humor
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    Walter Scott
    “No word of commiseration can make a burden feel one feather's weight lighter to the slave who must carry it.”
    ― Walter Scott, Rob Roy
    tags: slavery
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    Jojo Moyes
    “There is always a way out of a situation. Might be ugly. Might leave you feeling like the earth had gone and shifted under your feet. But there is always a way around.”
    ― Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars
    tags: inspirational, ugly-truths, women
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