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#1

“I needed to bring my own gifts to my new home, not resist them, not sway to and fro like the tidal waters of the lagoon, but rather chart my own course through the shallows like an experienced boatman.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: convent, courage, fighting, justice, love, nuns, risk, sixteenth-century-venice, survival, women-rights

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#2

“It was not in my nature to gossip, which put me at odds with most of my sisters at San Zaccaria, who twittered hearsay like so many flocks of birds.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: aristocratic-daughters, family, hopes, noblewomen, romance, secrets, sisters, turmoil, women-s-rights

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#3

“Lice breeds lice, and sin breeds sin.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: aristocratic-daughters, empower, family, fiction-novel, freedom, hopes, novel, sin, strength

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#4

“To leave Venice felt as foreign as flying to the stars.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

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

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#5

“I imagined myself a bird, looking down on our city, the Grand Canal like a snake slithering through stone, the city on either side like two hands clasped in prayer”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: cultural, cultural-heritage, culture, fiction, fiction-writing, heritage, historical, historical-fiction, history, insight

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#6

“We stood for a moment, the brackish canal water teething at the stone,the last of the stars fading as the sky transformed from black to indigo. A pair of swans like large white clouds floated on the water, their heads tucked under their wings, as a gondola pulled up, a lantern on the prow, the gondolier on the stern, rubbing his sleepy eyes.”
― Gina Buonaguro

tags: convent, fiction, fiction-novel, historical, insight, renaissance, scandals, secrets, venice, women-s-saga

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#7

“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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#8

“Despite the convent walls, when I was writing, my mind was free.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: convent, fiction, fighting, historical, renaissance, researched, scandals, secrets, venice, women-s-saga

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#9

“We are the bones of this city, the heart, the womb. The hidden structure and architecture behind the beautiful facades. We are unseen yet leaned upon, vessels yet not empty, the home for our families. The hopes of our city are thrust upon us, and we will be punished if we fail.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: convent, courage, love, nuns, risk, romance, secrets, sisters, sixteenth-century-venice, survival

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#10

“A midwife knows too much . . . But if she is truly a wise woman, she knows when to keep her mouth shut.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: convent, fiction, fighting, historical, researched, scandals, secrets, venice, women-s-saga

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#11

“I believe such compassion and prudence is good politics on the part of Mother Marina. If our convent cannot be completely virtuous, better to give the appearance of being so. Thus she keeps her nuns happy as well as the government and the church.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: aristocratic-daughters, family, freedom, hopes, noblewomen, secrets, strength, turmoil, women-s-rights

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#12

“Knowing I should get into the habit of praying on my knees before bed, I shrugged and instead huddled under the bedcovers, the rose clasped in my hands close to my heart. The stem was very long, with all thorns removed, and an old Venetian saying came to mind: The longer the stem, the greater the love.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

tags: convent, fiction, fiction-novel, historical, renaissance, researched, scandals, secrets, venice, women-s-saga

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#13

“Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say 'No, you move'.”
― Christopher Markus

tags: captain-america, captain-america-3, captain-america-civil-war, civil-war, integrity, marvel, marvel-cinematic-universe, mcu, sharon-carter, steve-rogers, stoic, stubborn, truth

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#14

“Why would he appear to be so freaking concerned about me to my fake boyfriend anyway? she thought. He needs to mind his own business and keep out of mine. Shallow, arrogant bastard!”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: affairs-of-the-heart, attraction, black-american-romance, happiness, joy, love, risk, romantic-fiction, suspense

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#15

“I want you, Sage. I want to be inside you so badly," he whispered, as he ran his tongue over her ear. “I want to explore your entire body," he muttered.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: attraction, black-american-romance, excitement, griping, love, risk, romance, romantic-fiction, suspense

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#16

“How did your mom die?" she queried. “Her name was Megan Brimmer, and she had breast cancer. She passed away when I was twenty-three.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: affairs-of-the-heart, attraction, compelling, fear, happiness, joy, love, risk, sex

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#17

“I wish i could really believe that---really believe that. I'm glad the two of you met as well.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: affairs-of-the-heart, attraction, black-american-romance, excitement, griping, love, risk, romance, romantic-fiction, suspense

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#18

“Sorry to hear that, baby." he kissed the palm of her hand. Wow, her mom and husband both killed in tragic accidents, he thought.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: adventure, black-american-romance, excitement, exciting, griping, intrigue, romance, romantic-fiction, suspens, thrilling

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#19

“One thing I do know my son-in-law didn't hate you. That man loved you so much, sweetie," her father commented.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: compelling, fear, forgiveness, happiness, hurt, joy, love, past-love, sadness, sex

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#20

“It was strange how he’d made a 180-degree change. Not sure what to make of that curly, bigheaded, bozo yet, she thought, other than fruitcake nuts!
“Blah, I’m not sure about your other big brother,” Savanna said, wiggling her nose upward. “I’d rather not chat about him. Do you come to the museum often?” she asked, quickly changing the topic. “I love unusual old history,” she divulged.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction II: Love Designs

tags: aith, conspiracies, conspire, domination, fast-paced, hope, plots, revenge, secrets, treachery

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#21

“Stop opening yourself up to this womanizer. He doesn't deserve to know a freaking thing about you," she chastised herself.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: affairs-of-the-heart, attraction, compelling, happiness, joy, love, risk, sex, suspense

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#22

“True forgiveness is letting go of something and moving forward with your life. I was stuck in the past, drowning in misery.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: adventure, black-american-romance, excitement, exciting, griping, intrigue, romance, romantic-fiction, suspense, thrilling

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#23

“Don't forget you are with him for sex only. Remove the cobwebs as Sarah suggested. Have fun like auntie said. You don't have to get to know him.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: attraction, black-american-romance, excitement, griping, love, risk, romance, romantic-fiction, suspense

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#24

“Sage could barely move, fastened in the wrecked car by her seatbelt. She was coughing and barely able to breathe. The acrid taste of smoke and the gas fumes overwhelmed her and the pain was excruciating.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

tags: action, adventure, drama, excitement, exciting, fiction, griping, intrigue, romance, thrilling

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#25

“Max was gloating about his relationship with Sage," Nick said, closing the door. "Says he's taking her out dancing. He also mentioned he planned on marrying her, but he doesn't want Nicki as part of the deal." Nick frowned. "I just don't understand why Sage would be into a guy like Max, but apparently she is.”
― Sharon Carter

tags: action, adventure, forgiveness, hurt, intrigue, lies, murder, past-love, relationships, sadness

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#26

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
― Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins, Every Second Counts

tags: cancer, failure, inspiration, inspirational, pain, quitting

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#27

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally

tags: brains, marriage

2125 likes

#28

“Killing oneself is, anyway, a misnomer. We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. When somebody dies after a long illness, people are apt to say, with a note of approval, "He fought so hard." And they are inclined to think, about a suicide, that no fight was involved, that somebody simply gave up. This is quite wrong.”
― Sally Brampton, Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression

tags: depression, suicide

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#29

“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

tags: love

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#30

“There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

tags: lavender, love, magic, rosemary, salt, superstition

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