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    “I remember Peyton [Manning] called me as soon as I got out to Denver. He started the conversation by asking me, ‘When did you get in?’ We mainly just talked to get familiar with each other.”
    ― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
    tags: grief, humour, imagination, literary-fiction, love, neighbours, rural-fiction, small-town, small-town-fiction
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    Steven Decker
    “I was dreadfully concerned that this creature meant to harm me, but then a thought entered my mind. I am the one who moved Annette, Charles. And now, I will take you on a journey of your own.   ”
    ― Steven Decker, Addicted to Time
    tags: different, dystopian, escape, fear, fiction, mystery, plot-turns, unexpected, unknown
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    K. Ritz
    “Mead.
    O sweet elixir,
    Ye bless the lips and steal the wits.
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    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: drama, dramatic, engaging, exciting, fantasy, fiction-writing, intrigue, mystery, past, wit
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    Sara Pascoe
    “Raya knew this type of girl – they never liked her. Usually they’d make fun of her, behind her back, but loud enough for her to hear. She was too alternative, too poor and too cynical – the foster kid – to be of any interest to these social climbers.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: adventure, curses, enchanting, fiction, intrigue, magic, magical, unpredictable, ya-litterature
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    Max Nowaz
    “You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    “The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.”
    ― Nathaniel Hawthorne
    tags: the-scarlet-letter
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    Charles Dickens
    “Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art."

    (Last words, according to Dickens's obituary in The Times.)”
    ― Charles Dickens, Five Novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations
    tags: art, fulfillment, inspirational, last-words, natural, rules, writer
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    John Irving
    “Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see how ridiculous they appear to the rest of the world! They should listen to someone else’s version of themselves—to anyone else’s version! Every country knows more about America than Americans know about themselves! And Americans know absolutely nothing about any other country!”
    ― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
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    Rachel Caine
    “karma's a bitch, and so am I”
    ― Rachel Caine, All Hallows
    tags: the-truth-about-forever
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    Mark Twain
    “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: age
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  • #11
    “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
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    K. Ritz
    “Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: drama, dramatic, exciting, fantasy, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, intrigue, mystery, past, wit
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    Todor Bombov
    “Still, in 1877, Engels wanted to protect us from false socialism. Still then, in Anti-Dühring, he wrote that not any nationalization is socialist, because in the contrary case both Bismarck and Napoleon would have to be arranged among the founders of socialism.”
    ― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
    tags: east-europe, economic-theory, effective, equality, historical, private-property, scientific-socialism, speculation, totalitarian, unity
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “He said, “Sir, we are in a very bad position! We have lost many soldiers KIA (Killed in Action) and many more are wounded. Sir, today is the twenty third of March, and I suggest that we get the hell out of the entire Hoa Binh area before we all end up as dead men!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer
    tags: death, documented, kia, recount-of-war, united, unity, unrest, warring, world
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    “People are becoming more and more like pets in digital cages, where the only meaning of their lives is to consume and isolate themselves from others like themselves.”
    ― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean
    tags: digitalage, modernlifecritique, philosophicalfiction, screentime, socialcommentary, thoughtprovokingreads, wakeupcall
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    Gary Clemenceau
    “The Green Judges, most of them decidedly miffed, grumbled out one by one, though I got a wink and a thumbsup from Washington.”
    ― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity
    tags: literarysatire, magicalrealism, memorable, mythicmodernity, weirdlit, wryhumor
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  • #17
    “She didn’t dislike it yet. After everything that had happened, that felt like progress.”
    ― D.L. Maddox, Killer
    tags: characterarc, drama, fast-moving, psychological, quietstrength, resilience, thriller, thrillerreads, womeninfiction
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    Charles Darwin
    “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
    ― Charles Darwin
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    Louise Fitzhugh
    “bulging”
    ― Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy
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    Eugene O'Neill
    “LAVINIA: I want to feel love! Love is all beautiful! I never used to know that! I was a fool! We'll be married soon... We'll make an island for ourselves on land and we'll have children and love them and teach them to love life so that they can never be possessed by hate and death!”
    ― Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra
    tags: eugene-o-neill, mourning-becomes-electra
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    Jean-Paul Sartre
    “As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.”
    ― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit
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    Shannon Hale
    “Her nightmare clung to her like the smell of smoke to cloth.”
    ― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl
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    Anastasia Pash
    “Travel is the epitome of expansion, connection, and discovery – both of the world and one-self. It's a profound experience that transcends geography, opening our hearts to the mesmerising tapestry of our world. Travel invites us to shatter the confines of our daily routines and perspectives, guiding us to embrace fresh outlooks, alternative lifestyles, and mind-boggling traditions.”
    ― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules
    tags: inspirational, life-lessons, travel, travel-writing, wisdom
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    Jennifer Wizbowski
    “The moisture in the air sat in the crevices of storefront windows, like the tears that welled in the corners of her dark brown eyes.”
    ― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta
    tags: coming-of-age, emotional-reads, grief, historical-fiction, lyrical-prose, strong-heroine, venice
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “See to it that you send out the best warriors we have and that they all know exactly what to do and how to do it!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, Full Story of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion
    tags: earlymedieval, leadership, orders, preparation, strategy, warcraft
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  • #26
    “None of the other kids my age has to do all the grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and bill paying. It’s just not fair that I have to be an adult when I’m still a kid.”
    ― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community
    tags: book-club-pick, childhood, coming-of-age, emotional-truth, family, heartfelt-reads, historical-fiction, resilience
    88 likes

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    K. Ritz
    “The price be one copper. Tis a wee price for salvation, Noble One.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: fantasy, fate, irony, moral-cost, quote-worthy, religion, street-wisdom, temptation
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    Sara Pascoe
    “Oh, for goodness’ sake… Get over yourself.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum
    tags: character-growth, friendship, funny-dialogue, humor, kids-lit, life-lessons, middle-grade, talking-animals, tough-love
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    George Critchlow
    “Iron Mike was learning how to love.”
    ― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
    tags: character-change, compassion, faith, healing, human-growth, love-and-learning, memoir, redemption, second-chances, transformative-reads
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    Susan Rowland
    “We have magic you do not dream of.” That was Janet, although Mary could not see the diminutive witch.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders
    tags: fantasy-quote, magic-and-myth, paranormal-mystery, series-starter, spooky-season-reads, urban-fantasy, witchy-reads
    154 likes



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