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    Michael Parker
    “And what the sharp old medic suggested to the Pentagon sent shivers down their spines and set the alarm bells ringing all the way to the White House”
    ― Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
    tags: action-packed, bombs, danger, fast-paced, fiction, kidnapping, pulp-thriller, sea, terrorism, thriller
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    Yvonne Korshak
    “Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word—Athens. It lit up the darkness in her mind, like the single glint her eyes fixed on above the distant gray-green hills.”
    ― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
    tags: adventure, athens, democracy, educational, evolution, fiction, greece, love, love-story, novel
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    Paulo Coelho
    “Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.

    Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meetings are waiting for us, but more often than not, we avoid them happening. If we are desperate, though, if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
    tags: souls
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    Sara Gruen
    “I reach for the napkin, and as I do I catch sight of my hands. They are knobby and crooked, thin-skinned, and—like my ruined face—covered with liver spots.

    My face. I push the porridge aside and open my vanity mirror. I should know better by now, but somehow I still expect to see myself. Instead, I find an Appalachian apple doll, withered and spotty, with dewlaps and bags and long floppy ears. A few strands of white hair spring absurdly from its spotted skull.

    I try to brush the hairs flat with my hand and freeze at the sight of my old hand on my old head. I lean close and open my eyes very wide, trying to see beyond the sagging flesh.

    It's no good. Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes, I can't find myself anymore. When did I stop being me?”
    ― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
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    George Orwell
    “If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.”
    ― George Orwell, All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
    tags: authorial-intent, classics, drama, interpretation, shakespeare
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    Leon Uris
    “La actitud de los árabes ha llegado a extremos injustificables. Se niegan a sentarse a la misma mesa que los judíos, a menos que se acepten de antemano las condiciones previas que quieren imponer.”
    ― Leon Uris, Éxodo
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    Lloyd C. Douglas
    “I used to pass the flowers by without seeing them, as almost every man does.”
    ― Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
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    David Sedaris
    “I don’t know that it had anything to do with us,” my father said. But how could it have not? Doesn’t the blood of every suicide splash back on our faces?”
    ― David Sedaris
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    Diane Merrill Wigginton
    “No one else can close the door that God has opened for you,” she quietly said under her breath. That was something that Grandma Alice had said to her many times before her death.

    “I miss you, Alice,” she whispered, “and wish you were here with me now.”
    ― Diane Merrill Wigginton, A Compromising Position
    tags: contemporary, contemporary-romance-fiction, enemies-to-lovers, fiction, humour, love, new-adult-fiction, small-town-romance, wholesome-romance, women-s-romance
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    Barbara Sontheimer
    “Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother.  She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze.  She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.”
    ― Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
    tags: american-historical-romance, historical-romance, historical-victorian-romance, history, love, passion, romance, torment, victorian-romance
    553 likes

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    Lisa Kaniut Cobb
    “Josh tasted the decaying leaves of autumn in the cold mountain air.”
    ― Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley
    tags: drama, emotional, fear, friendship, memories, mystery, myth, natural-world, pain, teen-fiction
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    Merlin Franco
    “If you had closed your eyes and looked inward, you would have seen me; you would have seen us. We have always been inseparable, like night and day, light and dark, flowers and fruits, and spirituality and sexuality.”
    ― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker
    tags: hope, hopeful-and-encouraging, lovers, relationship-quotes, romance, sexuality, spiritual, spirituality-quotes, tantra
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    Max Nowaz
    “He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
     ”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller
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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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    Jim Fergus
    “can’t help but think once again what a foolish, loutish creature is man. Is there another on earth that kills for the pure joy of it?”
    ― Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
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    Jodi Picoult
    “Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
    tags: growing-up
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    Gabriel García Márquez
    “قولي له : إن الإنسان لا يموت عندما يريد ، بل يموت عندما يستطيع .”
    ― Gabriel García Márquez, مائة عام من العزلة
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    Rick Warren
    “Your value is not determined by your valuables,”
    ― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
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    Henri Charrière
    “We have too much technological
    progress, life is too hectic, and our society has only one goal: to invent
    still more technological marvels to make life even easier and better.
    The craving for every new scientific discovery breeds a hunger for
    greater comfort and the constant struggle to achieve it. All that kills the
    soul, kills compassion, understanding, nobility. It leaves no time for
    caring what happens to other people, least of all criminals. Even the
    officials in Venezuela's remote areas are better for they're also
    concerned with public peace. It gives them many headaches, but they
    seem to believe that bringing about a man's salvation is worth the
    effort. I find that magnificent.”
    ― Henri Charrière, Papillon
    tags: salvation, society, technology
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    James Fenimore Cooper
    “I have attended church-service in the garrisons, and tried hard...to join in the prayers...but never could raise within me the solemn feelings and true affection that I feel when alone with God in the forest. There I seem to stand face to face with my Master; all around me is fresh and beautiful, as it came from His hand; and there is no nicety or doctrine to chill the feelings. No no; the woods are the true temple after all, for there the thoughts are free to mount higher even than the clouds.”
    ― James Fenimore Cooper, Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
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