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#1

“May your day be filled with joy with a sprinkling of positivity on top.”
― C. Toni Graham

tags: explore, happiness, imagination, joy, love, magic, pride, wander, writing

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#2

“The final sound of the rifle shot bounced around the lake.”
― 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

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#3

“Monique bit at the side of lip. “He’s pretty active, I don’t want to impose…”
Tony stood and scooped up the puppy. “No, seriously, I’d love a little company.”
― Kirsten Fullmer, Problems at the Pub

tags: charming, cozy-mystery, humorous, romantic, secret-society, small-town-mystery, small-town-romance, witty

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#4

“You don't understand my dis-mounting. It's like climbing a mountain. Would you rather climb the mountain or have a helicopter deposit you on the top? The continual climb, the continual remounting, makes it a richer experience, and so on.”
― Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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#5

“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

tags: love

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#6

“Odd that the brain could function on its own, without acquainting him with its purposes, its reasons. But the brain was an organ, like the spleen, heart, kidneys. And they went about their private activities. So why not the brain?”
― Philip K. Dick, The Man Who Japed

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#7

“Jean-Louis had never had a day's illness in his life. He was tall and as gnarled as an oak. The sun had baked his skin until it had the colour and toughness and stillness of a tree. With advancing years, he had lost his tongue. He now never spoke, considering such an activity pointless.”
― Émile Zola, The Attack on the Mill and Other Stories

tags: french-peasantry, old-age, work

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#8

“A nadie le gusta que lo obliguen a hacer algo. Es más, el amor se da siempre con libertad. No se puede exigir el amor. Podemos pedirnos cosas el uno al otro, pero nunca debemos exigir nada. Las peticiones dan dirección al amor, pero las demandas detienen el flujo del amor.”
― Gary Chapman, Los 5 lenguajes del amor

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#9

“so that even a Woman in reasonable health can journey several furlongs northward without much difficulty—”
― Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

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#10

“He had an intrusive gaze and quietly confident manner, that seemed to strip away the layers of protective deception Scott would usually adopt around strangers.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: philosophical-musings

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#11

“This journey has taught me that we are, in essence, already whole. It is our limited perception which keeps us from experiencing this wholeness. As we expand and unify our perception, with the help of the Resonance Alchemy processes and Sacred Syllables, we re-member the greater wholeness that we are, and have been all along. In reclaiming our wholeness, we reclaim our sovereignty, the Divine One that is the core and essence of our being.”
― Katherine Parker, Resonance Alchemy: Awakening the Tree of Life

tags: consciousness-work, gentle-guidance, inner-alchemy, meditation-practice, mind-body-spirit, sacred-syllables, self-discovery, spiritual-nonfiction

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#12

“Even if you are an introvert, you’ll still find many possibilities for meeting others. Everyone is so welcoming, and you will make friends regardless because the town is small!”
― Pilar Calvoz Cordón, Shape Your Path at IE University : What to expect from Spain’s Instituto de Empresa University

tags: campus-life, ie-university, international-students, introvert-friendly, new-student-tips, nonfiction, student-community

176 likes

#13

“Mary dashed the rain from her eyes with a frozen hand. Was that a knife buried in the man’s chest with the blood seeping up around it? Doesn’t that mean he’s alive? Although with the blade at that angle, it can’t be for long. Colors swam in the water coating Mary’s vision. She rubbed her face, and with every shuttering breath, even before she could see his features, she knew her son, George, the son she had never met, was dead.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

tags: action, adventure, dramatic, fast-paced, fiction, investigation, mystery, thriller

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#14

“The Ganeva conference on Indochina agreements stated that the south of Vietnam would be handed over to a provisional administration after two years at the most and that general elections would be held in 1956 at the latest, giving Vietnam a single and united government. (due to American actions, the agreements were never put into place)”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

tags: american-army, commandos, defence, freedom, french-army, liberation, nvasion, special-forces, strength, war

214 likes

#15

“None of us deserves anything, good, Rich, but what we do deserve,” the priest paused to finger the crucifix he wore under his collar, “he already bore”
― Lin Wilder, Plausible Liars: A Dr. Lindsey McCall Medical Mystery 5

tags: big-emotions, courtroom-thriller, faith-in-fiction, grace, moral-courage, redemption-arc, reflective-reads

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#16

“I know, but it has to be our secret otherwise I might end up with a well-meaning ghost buster trying to rid the cottage of an evil presence!”
― Anne Allen, The Ghost of Seagull Cottage: Inspired by The Ghost and Mrs Muir

tags: cozy-paranormal, ghost-banter, humorous-fiction, lighthearted-reads, secret-keeping, small-town-charm, spooky-cozy, weekend-read

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#17

“Such abilities are the true gifts of the spirit, my daughter.”
― Candace Lynn Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

tags: epic-fantasy, fantasy-readers, inner-power, intuition, mind-magic, self-discovery, spiritual-gifts

839 likes

#18

“Love Has Neither Time Nor Distance.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: loveacrosstime, metaphysicalfiction, philosophicalromance, soulconnection, thepythagorean, timelesslove

171 likes

#19

“There once was a dog named Bonnie who had lived in a library since she was a puppy.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

tags: book-lovers, bookish-kids, childrens-books, cozy-reads, library-life, picture-book, read-aloud, storytime

185 likes

#20

“Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: final-words, forgiveness, love-and-hate

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#21

“After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

tags: career, growth

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#22

“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out

tags: the-voyage-out, virginia-woolf

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#23

“I’m sorry for your wasted journey,” Jonasson said. “I’d be glad to discharge her because we certainly don’t have any beds to spare here. But—” “Could she be faking?” Jonasson smiled politely. “I really don’t think so. You see, Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head. I removed a bullet from her brain, and it was 50/50 whether she would survive.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

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#24

“When confronting a claim about the distant past or a statement about what happened yesterday, students—indeed, all Americans—need to develop informed skepticism, not nihilistic cynicism.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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