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#1

“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

tags: destruction, difficulty, fighting, military, ptsd, real-life, true-story, uncertainty, vietnam, war

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#2

“God always gives us choices to make, our path or His path for our own sake.”
― Carolyn Cutler Hughes, Through God's Eye

tags: choices, kids-learning, right-path, soul, spirituality, teaching-children, wander, writer-awakening

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#3

“They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, and so capriciously favored by the sinister flying squads of the NKVD.
Ironically, the arrest when it came did not shock Batya. He had prepared for it.”
― KGE Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

tags: criminals, curiosity, drama, epic, fiction, investigation, soviet, suspense, war, wwii

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#4

“As Vice President of Acquisitions, Mr. Lang,” she asked. “Just what is it you are supposing to acquire?” At the very most, are you seeking a compliment in return? Of course, you are! Men are always hoping for what they seldom get.” With that, she reached up to kiss him on the cheek—the freight train of doom had passed him by on a parallel track. Doubt is good. It keeps the doors open to proof of promise. Is that why she had changed into that incredibly tantalizing little blue-black dress driving the Whaler bar crowd toward a frenzy?”
― Tom Baldwin, Macom Farm

tags: crime, destruction, drama, exciting, gripping, intense, legal, suspense, thriller

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#5

“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the press a big smile, saying, ‘I think what she said was good. I’m teasing.’ The laughter in the room drowned out the sounds of the cameras clicking and flashing, with Merkel’s giggle and smile among the loudest.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

tags: american-history, diplomacy, european-history, history, international, literary, politics, relationships, speeches, women-in-politics

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#6

“Seek and embrace peace. We all deserve a tranquil existence.”
― C. Toni Graham

tags: acceptance, accomplish, ambition, be-happy, believe, change, cherish, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, leadership

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#7

“It’s incredible to reflect on how much knowledge and growth power is contained in seeds.”
― Charles Dowding

tags: gardening, growth, harvest, harvesting, herb-gardening, knowledge, organic, vegetable, vegetable-garden

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#8

“Somebody always had to pay, and he was glad it was not going to be him. Meanwhile he had managed to ruin the perfect marriage by turning Dick into a crayfish and making Rachael think that he had run off with another woman.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller

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#9

“If you didn't already know, game show talent works fewer days a year than almost every profession, except maybe members of Congress.”
― John Bennardo, Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake

tags: fiction, humorous, humour, literature, modern-fiction, satire, satirical, satirical-fiction, social-media, witty

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#10

“Remmich’s subconscious mind is controlled by us. He will get what we want.”
― Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

tags: cic, conditioned, deployment, intrigue, lies, military-intelligence, russia, soldiers, spies, spy

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#11

“Séamus’s eyebrows, like the antennae of the potato beetle but with a greater sense of grievance, poke forward as he delivers his first utterance of the morning.”
― Michael Tobert, Karna's Wheel

tags: fiction, historical, scandals, secrets, survival, women-empowerment, women-s-saga

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#12

“You won’t throw up. Unless you’re allergic to lemon root… but let’s not worry about that now.”
― S.G. Blaise, The Last Lumenian

tags: fantasy, fantasy-fiction, young-adult-fiction

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#13

“And the scary hairy vaginas in vacuum sealed packages!” “And the pee-in-your-ass-douches!”
― Lucian Bane, White Knight Dom Academy: The Beginning

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#14

“The cats were still there, dozens of them, the color of the cliffs, dozing in the sand beneath the bushes, invisible until they stirred or darted away. Waves came in high and crashed down like shelves overcrowded with books-abrupt and massive.”
― Ursula Hegi

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#15

“Reason must sleep,” said Christabel.”
― A.S. Byatt, Possession

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#16

“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.”
― Jane Austen

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#17

“today, I added a new concoction to my recuperative regime; I began drinking honey and milk. Taken together, they form a powerful antioxidant that has been used by many cultures for centuries. As the saying goes—“ it couldn’t hurt.”
― Traci Medford-Rosow, Unblinded: One Man's Courageous Journey Through Darkness to Sight

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#18

“Eventually the United States became the latter arsenal and bank of the allies, and acquired a direct interest in allied victory that was to bemuse the post war apostles of economic determinism for a long time.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

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#19

“I had no answers, just a never-ending list of questions that I scrawled out until my hand ached, knowing I was searching for a loophole that increasingly felt like a noose.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: convent, courage, love, risk, romance, secrets, sisters, survival, turmoil, women-s-rights

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#20

“Teacher,” I said. “Can you feel love?”
― Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

tags: action, child, danger, different-worlds, drama, excitement, literary, love, mothers-love, senses

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#21

“Every night I dream a lot. Every day I live a little.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

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#22

“Lo real no es algo que te venga dado. Es algo que te pasa. Y ahora mismo, necesitas que te pasen cosas buenas.”
― Margery Williams

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#23

“Only priests and politicians benefit from a people's ignorance.”
― Ki Longfellow, The Secret Magdalene

tags: ignorance, politics, religion

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#24

“Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money and can't hold down a job.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

tags: infatuation, love

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#25

“There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. And the greatest sin a person can do to another is to take away that life. Next to that, all the rules and religions in the world are secondary; mere words and beliefs that people choose to believe and kill and hate by. My life won't be lived that way, and neither, I hope, will my children's.”
― James McBride, The Color of Water

tags: racism

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#26

“Sometimes the man who looks happiest in town, with the biggest smile, is the one carrying the biggest load of sin. There are smiles & smiles; learn to tell the dark variety from the light. The seal-barker, the laugh-shouter, half the time he's covering up. He's had his fun & he's guilty. And all men do love sin, Will, oh how they love it, never doubt, in all shapes, sizes, colors & smells. Times come when troughs, not tables, suit appetites. Hear a man too loudly praising others & look to wonder if he didn't just get up from the sty. On the other hand, that unhappy, pale, put-upon man walking by, who looks all guilt & sin, why, often that's your good man with a capital G, Will. For being good is a fearful occupation; men strain at it & sometimes break in two. I've known a few. You work twice as hard to be a farmer as to be his hog. I suppose it's thinking about trying to be good makes the crack run up the wall one night. A man with high standards, too, the least hair falls on him sometimes wilts his spine. He can't let himself alone, won't let himself off the hook if he falls just a breath from grace.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

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#27

“Dear Father, hear and bless thy beasts and singing birds, and guard with tenderness small things that have no words.”
― Margaret Wise Brown, A Child's Good Night Book

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