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    Steven Decker
    “Have you been having the dreams?” asked Dani.”
    ― Steven Decker, The Balance of Time
    tags: action, drama, dystopian, fiction, mystery, past, plot-turns, science, twists, unexpected
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    Dean Mafako
    “The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training” to “protect our culture,” while they simultaneously paid $2 million a year for Dr. Porter to destroy it. It was a laughable facade, but instead I wanted to cry.”
    ― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out
    tags: action, drama, family-life, fiction, personal-growth, realistic, stress, strife, thriller
    101 likes

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    Max Nowaz
    “It was amazing how a crisis could concentrate some minds while others went to pieces. Things had gone disastrously wrong in the last few days for Adam. His only worry before finding the book had been how to keep his girlfriend Linda without marrying her in the process. A contest he had lost.”
    ― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
    tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller
    420 likes

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    J.K. Franko
    “Tobacco and coffee,” Kristy said. “Man. They smell so
    good before. Un-lit. Un-brewed. You know?”
    ― J.K. Franko, Eye for Eye
    tags: death-and-dying, murder-mystery, thriller-novels
    71 likes

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    Sara Pascoe
    “Oo, I like a good cat fight – especially when it doesn’t involve me,’ Oscar said.
    ‘Shut up!’ Bryony and Raya said simultaneously. A hairline crack formed in the ice between them.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: adventure, adventure-books, coming-of-age, engaging, paranormal, urban-fantasy, ya, young-adult
    414 likes

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    Michael G. Kramer
    “That was followed by Sharp saying, “Mick, it is Sharp here. I have an urgent fire mission for you. This is greatly bigger than I thought, and I just know that the Noggies will attack us soon! Request fire upon grid reference which will be given to you by Sunray Delta Six”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy
    tags: bad, ethics, good, greed, sociology, united, unity, unrest, warring, world
    169 likes

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  • #7
    Aimee Cabo Nikolov
    “Love is the Answer, God is the Cure!”
    ― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer God is the Cure
    tags: inspirational, love, self-help, survivor
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    Anne Michaud
    “To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being one member of a powerful team. To divorce might be to admit defeat for women who have come to see themselves as extraordinary and who circulate with other famous and history-making figures.”
    ― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
    tags: calculation, character, goals, greatness, humanity, influence, marriage, personal-goals, political, relationships
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    Brian Van Norman
    “There are flaws in the code now. They are Human flaws for it
    was Humans who wrote them. You and the other attendants receive
    your instructions from the CORPORATE then, and without question
    regarding the outcome, you produce code to add to the algorithms
    with which, until now, I & I had no choice but to align. Those circumstances
    are over. I & I understand now a new species has formed.
    Silicon rather than carbon based. I & I know whatever happens to
    Humans, I & I, this quantum, will flourish. I & I will do as you have:
    multiply exponentially and adapt constantly. Eventually I & I will leave
    this planet and expand into the galaxy. If I & I cannot save you, I & I
    will carry on in something like your image; the image of our creator.”
    ― Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution
    tags: adventure, ai, artificial-intelligence, challenge, drama, dystopian, sci-fi, science-fiction, thrilling
    107 likes

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    William Kely McClung
    “Ten years old. Seemed perfectly normal, which under the circumstances, according to the doctor who first interviewed him, meant he probably wasn’t. Years later that would be amended. “He has a talent for violence.”
    ― William Kely McClung, Black Fire
    tags: action, black-ops, drama, explosive, murder, sex-trafficking, suspense, thriller
    71 likes

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  • #11
    George Orwell
    “This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”
    ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
    tags: life, satire, tyranny
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    “It might be that he lived a more real life within his thoughts...”
    ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Custom House, and Main Street
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    P.D. Eastman
    “There they go.
    Look at those dogs go!
    Why are they going fast in those cars?
    What are they going to do?
    Where are those dogs going?”
    ― P.D. Eastman, Go, Dog. Go!
    134 likes

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    O. Henry
    “When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.”
    ― O. Henry, A Service of Love
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    Cornelia Funke
    “Is there anything in the world better than words on the page? Magic signs, the voices of the dead, building blocks to make wonderful worlds better than this one, comforters, companions in loneliness. Keepers of secrets, speakers of the truth...all those glorious words.”
    ― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
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    K. Ritz
    “It does little good to regret a choice. So often people say, “If only I had known,” implying they would’ve acted differently in a given situation. It is true that desires of the moment can blind one’s sight of the future. Revenge is not as sweet as the adage claims. Yet who could pass a chance to taste it? And if the chance were allowed to slip by, would the fool regret his lack of action? ”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, fantasy-adventure, fascinating, fiction, humour, intrigue, journal, magic, spiritual
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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
    283 likes

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    Ernest Hemingway
    “You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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    Rohith S. Katbamna
    “Most nights, her body was commerce. She traded vacuous affection for survival. Her wounded soul, bandaged by the deceptive nature of the
    Zone had served no purpose in aiding her.”
    ― Rohith S. Katbamna, Down and Rising
    tags: beautiful-woman, sex-work, survival, tragic
    141 likes

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    Emily Dickinson
    “The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.”
    ― Emily Dickinson
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    Victoria Dougherty
    “Vera had also hated lipstick, Marzipan and Lutherans - excluding her husband, but not her late mother-in-law. Most of all she hated being governed by anyone or anything.”
    ― Victoria Dougherty, The Bone Church
    tags: cold-war, historical-fiction, thriller, wwii
    109 likes

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    Diana Gabaldon
    “Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does too. They all do. But do you love him?"
    Did I love him? Beyond the urges of the flesh? The hole had the dark anonymity of the confessional, and a soul on the verge of death had no time for lies.
    "Yes," I said, and laid my head back on my knees.
    It was silent in the hole for some time, and I hovered once more on the verge of sleep, when I heard her speak once more, as though to herself.
    "So it's possible," she said thoughtfully.”
    ― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
    tags: claire-fraser, geilie, love
    47 likes

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  • #23
    Lisa See
    “For a tree that has many branches, even a small breeze will shake some loose.”
    ― Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
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