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  • #1
    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “I swallowed a sigh since, truthfully, I was glad she found the cabin.”
    Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

  • #2
    C. Toni Graham
    “Toni's Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic...you! As soon as you let doubt creep in---you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow.”
    C.Toni Graham

  • #3
    Michael G. Kramer
    “She said, “My people of Oxford, you are suffering from the administration of Hugh le Despencer the Elder and his son called Hugh le Despencer the Younger! I have issued warrants for their arrest and bringing to trial for crimes of High Treason against both men and their partner in crime called Edmund Fitzalan! I urge all of you to inform my soldiers of the where-abouts of these men!”
    Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

  • #4
    Margarita Barresi
    “You boys must always remember your roots, everything that makes you Puerto Rican. Don’t ever lose the stain of the plantain,” Isa said.”
    Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

  • #5
    Kenneth Schmitt
    “When we hold health and abundance in our self-identity, we create experiences of that quality. If we choose to be attuned to the energy of our heart and feel love and compassion, we create experiences in the same energy spectrum as that of peace, love and joy.”
    Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness

  • #7
    Rohith S. Katbamna
    “As his rendition quietened, he recalled her words from a time in their earliest meetings. How music gave her life. Gave her reason. Gave her purpose. How in her solitary state, the sounds that she’d summoned, were a company of sanity. A body of a million notes, written and played by her and for her. It was her air. Just as she was his. Her presence, his music.”
    Rohith S. Katbamna, Gulab

  • #8
    “is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better. I never made a mistake like the one I made with Tourteau again, not with anyone in my life. And I have had a very, very long life. You will learn from your mistake, too. You must promise yourself that you will never behave like that with anyone else again. One mistake does not define you, Julian. Do you understand me? You must simply act better next time.” I nodded, but I still cried for a long, long time after that.”
    R.J. Palacio, Wonder

  • #9
    Walter M. Miller Jr.
    “Quanto mais perto os homens chegavam de se proporcionar a si mesmos um paraíso perfeito, mais impacientes pareciam se tornar com ele - e consigo também".
    "Sic transit mundus".”
    Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

  • #10
    Susanna Kaysen
    “Don’t ask me those questions! Don’t ask me what life means or how we know reality or why we have to suffer so much. Don’t talk about how nothing feels real, how everything is coated with gelatin and shining like oil in the sun. I don’t want to hear about the tiger in the corner or the Angel of Death or the phone calls from John the Baptist.”
    Susanna Kaysen

  • #11
    Ray Bradbury
    “Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.”
    Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

  • #12
    Susan  Rowland
    “He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt.”
    “Mr. McCarthy, you’d better explain.”
    “Patrick, please. You’ll be tempted to laugh. It was a banana skin.”
    Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

  • #13
    “Making it to the Super Bowl is something few and far between. Many football players never get the opportunity to make it that far.”
    Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

  • #14
    J. Rose Black
    “So, you’re asking me how long before a couple can break up after having sex?”
    And I was a tomato. “Yeah.” 
    “So you’ve never broken up with someone after having sex?”
    I stared at him. And that smug sonofabitch had the nerve to chuckle. My face was on fire and I wanted to slide to the floor. Under the tile. “That’s not . . . it isn’t—”
    “I can fix that for you. Seems like the least I can do.”
    J. Rose Black, Chasing Headlines

  • #15
    Todor Bombov
    “Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you would be . . . you’re robots. And all your names are that sort of, um . . . codes, technical numbers . . . I need some marker where I can pick you out. Well, well, to you I’ll call . . .,” and Willy pondered for a moment, “Gumball, yes, Gumball! Do you mind?” “No, sir, actually no,” CSE-TR-03 said, agreeing with its new given name. “Ah, that’s wonderful. And then you’re Darwin,” Willy said, accosting the second robot. “Look what a nice name—Darwin! What do you say, eh?” “What can I say, sir? I like it,” CSE-TR-02 agreed too. “Yes, a human name with a past . . . You and Gumball . . . are from the same family, the Methanesons!” “It turns out thus, sir,” Darwin confirmed its family belonging. “And you’re like Larry. You’re Larry. Do you know that?” More addressed the next robot in line. “Yes, sir, just now I learned that,” the third robot said, accepted its name as well.”
    Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

  • #16
    Michael G. Kramer
    “Lieutenant Linh said, “Thank you for this valuable information, it gives us an opportunity to take counter-measures to nullify the American attack! I have here, over a thousand young and inexperienced soldiers who are a bit fearful of the Americans. Our young soldiers are asking questions like, “Will an old carbine bullet kill a big American?” and “Would a bullet actually kill a big black American?” He went on to say, “I reassure them that their bullets will kill Americans if they strike at the right spot!” Later on, he was to say, “Four days later, the Americans came. We watched with heavy hearts as their helicopters endlessly were landing men.”
    Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

  • #17
    A.R. Merrydew
    “It was then, that the most ridiculous idea in the entire history of the universe entered his cranium. He had absolutely no idea where it came from. He blinked several times, at the magnitude of its absurdity.”
    A.R. Merrydew, Inara

  • #18
    “God’s love language is obedience.”
    Kathryn Krick, The Secret of the Anointing: Accessing the Power of God to Walk in Miracles

  • #19
    Lotchie Burton
    “There’s no point in fighting me on this. Wherever you go, one, or both of us will be with you. Period. Get used to it. Short of actually sleeping on your doorstep, I’m going to follow you everywhere. I’m going to be so close that if you turn your head for a breath I’ll be there to give you mouth-to-mouth. So, you may as well just give in and take me with you. It’ll save us both a lot of time and frustration.”
    Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

  • #20
    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “Joey was lying by the stream one afternoon after a hard day. He had been in trouble at school because he had left his homework at home. He had done the work, but his teacher didn’t believe him that he had completed it. Joey was still a bit upset with his teacher.
     
    Suddenly, he heard a very soft voice say, “Hello.”
     
    Joey sat up and looked around, but he couldn’t see anyone. So, he laid back down by the stream only to hear the voice again.
     
    The voice sounded bubbly and a little like running water. Joey didn’t know where it was coming from.”
    Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

  • #21
    James Fenimore Cooper
    “...every period of life has its necessities, and at forty-seven it's just as well to trust a little to the head.”
    James Fenimore Cooper, Pathfinder; or, the inland sea



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