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  • #1
    Tom  Baldwin
    “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

  • #2
    C. Toni Graham
    “It is wise to offer your gratitude when you ask and when you receive.”
    C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Himalayan Crystals

  • #3
    Kirsten Fullmer
    “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

  • #4
    Michael G. Kramer
    “Cung went to his section commander Corporal Binh Chien Bui and spoke to him. He said, “Binh, come quickly, something strange is going on!”

    (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
    Michael G. Kramer

  • #5
    Karl Braungart
    “Their war maneuvers excluded shame.”
    Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

  • #6
    Gregory Dickow
    “Soul power ripples outward in all directions, affecting everything— physical health, emotional well-being, relationships, families, work, and destiny.”
    Gregory Dickow, Soul Cure: How to Heal Your Pain and Discover Your Purpose

  • #7
    Charles Dowding
    “Keep an open mind and try some new methods.”
    Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

  • #8
    Claudia   Clark
    “Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something to report on, but we have more than enough problems out there without manufacturing problems.”
    Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

  • #9
    Michael Tobert
    “The coolies pull them across Howrah bridge, which they share with cars, trucks, bullock carts, a party of young women in saris strolling in no hurry wearing bangles on their ankles, an elephant also in no hurry, and a cow that is lying down in the middle of the road chewing lazily a booklet entitled Dr W C Roy’s SPECIFIC FOR INSANITY. The camera pauses on a portion of the half-eaten text: “Dr Roy’s insanity medicine acted a charm. I am completely cured,” says Srinath Ghosh of Bundelkund. 5 rupees per phial.”
    Michael Tobert, Karna's Wheel

  • #10
    T.S. Eliot
    “I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.”
    T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

  • #11
    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “Truthfully, Professor Hawking? Why would we allow tourists from the future muck up the past when your contemporaries had the task well in Hand?"
    Brigadier General Patrick E Buckwalder 2241C.E.”
    Gabriel F.W. Koch, Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence

  • #12
    Susan Cain
    “Ericsson says that it takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise, so it helps to start young.”
    Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

  • #13
    Carl Sagan
    “Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.”
    Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

  • #14
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  • #15
    Abraham   Verghese
    “A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in this world...”
    Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

  • #16
    Steven Decker
    “Assemble the links
Piece by piece.
Then travel through time And earn your release.”
    Steven Decker, Time Chain

  • #17
    Max Nowaz
    “Some people say
    Rhyming is but a sin.
    Little sins are fun
    So try, before you bin.”
    Max Nowaz, Timbi's Dream

  • #18
    Milan Kundera
    “Unlike the puerile loyalty to a conviction, loyalty to a friend is a virtue - perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one.”
    Milan Kundera, Encounter

  • #19
    Edmond Rostand
    “- CHRISTIAN :
    Je tuerais ton bonheur parce que je suis beau ?
    C'est trop injuste !
    - CYRANO :
    Et moi, je mettrais au tombeau
    Le tien parce que, grâce au hasard qui fait naître,
    J'ai le don d'exprimer... ce que tu sens peut-être ?”
    Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

  • #20
    Thomas Keneally
    “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”
    Thomas Keneally, Schindler’s List

  • #21
    Christopher Paolini
    “He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.”
    Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

  • #22
    “I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
    R.J. Palacio, Wonder

  • #23
    Ian McEwan
    “At the back of my mind I had a sense of us sitting about waiting for some terrible event, and then I would remember that it had already happened.”
    Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden



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