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    “He had an intrusive gaze and quietly confident manner, that seemed to strip away the layers of protective deception Scott would usually adopt around strangers.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
    tags: philosophical-musings
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    Mark Ellis
    “He didn’t give a damn for the defeatist Kennedy, or indeed for that stuffed-shirt Chamberlain, whom Hitler had comprehensively hoodwinked. Nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim. No doubt Joan’s fate would seem unimportant in the greater scheme of things whenever the Luftwaffe got round to bombing London, but that was nothing to him. It was his job to seek out the truth behind her death, regardless.”
    ― Mark Ellis, Princes Gate
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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “The steps leading to the porch looked worn, cracked, and unpainted, ready for a nice hot fire.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow
    tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel
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    Graham Pryor
    “I should tell you that we are awakening all of the Canidae, not merely your own species. You must tell me if that is unwelcome.”
    Hell, thought Monty, shivering. All the Canidae. Wolves I can take, but foxes, jackals, dingoes, and…and…and…all those others.
    “Is that a problem?” The voice was full of concern.”
    ― Graham Pryor, Cerberus
    tags: drama, exciting, fantasy, fiction, fight, literary-fiction, love, thrilling, war
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    Susan Rowland
    “Unbelievable and true. Anna Solokov is neither a frightened girl nor a criminal spider in the center of a huge web of drugs and god knows. No, that dangerous young woman could easily do both at different times, and to different people. No doubt that is part of George’s attraction to her. She is victim. Yet when necessary, or when it suits her, she is victimizer. Does he imagine he is battling for her soul?”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: action, adventure, danger, fiction, fiction-novel, insight, mystery, noir-mystery, unpredictable
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    Don Hynes
    “Daring to raise my eyes,
    I call out, a bird-like sound,
    giving myself to this day,
    abandoning desire
    for all except you.”
    ― Don Hynes, Something Will Change Me: Poems of Soul and Spirit
    tags: acceptance, accomplish, ambition, be-happy, believe, change, cherish, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, leadership
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    Sybrina Durant
    “There are only 3 chemical symbols which spell full words. The words are “Be” for Beryllium, “No” for Nobelium and “I“ for Iodine. Multiple chemical symbols can be mixed together to spell over 100 words, though, like Ac Ce S S I Bi Li Ti Es and YOU.”
    ― Sybrina Durant, Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Actinide Knights
    tags: facts, fun, gold, kids, learning, magical, metals, periodic-table, science
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  • #8
    “What’s plan B?” "I don’t know sir I’m still working on plan A.”
    ― Robert Agnello, The Glimmers Save Christmas
    tags: bond, friends, happiness, heartbreak, inspiring, loss, love, magical, pets, special-bond
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  • #9
    “My Lady, turn away; do not look into the wagon, it is too frightening for a lady to view.”
    ― Dorlies von Kaphengst Meissner Rasmussen, Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime
    tags: book-1, drama, fantasy, fiction, historical, history, intrigue, mystery, trilogy
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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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    Theasa Tuohy
    “Mary moved down to join the gathered actors, but little was said beyond questioning whispers. This was, after all, a morgue.”
    ― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth
    tags: drama, emotional, fantasy, fiction, fiction-novel, mystery, supernatural-thriller, thriller
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  • #12
    “When you are an addict and you get caught, you always seem to be at your lowest point.”
    ― Andrew Mann, Such Unfortunates
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    Patrick Ness
    “HERE
    It’s-
    Can I say?
    It’s like the song of a family where everything’s always all right, it’s a song of belonging that makes you belong just by hearing it, it’s a song that’ll always take care of you and never leave you. If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes.”
    ― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
    tags: belonging, music, patrick-ness
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    E.L. James
    “I thought you didn't make love. I thought you fucked hard.”
    ― E.L. James
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    Tennessee Williams
    “And funerals are pretty compared to deaths. Funerals are quiet, but deaths—not always. Sometimes their breathing is hoarse, sometimes it rattles, sometimes they cry out to you, Don’t let me go! Even the old sometimes say, Don’t let me go! As if you were able to stop them! Funerals are quiet with pretty flowers. And oh, what gorgeous boxes they pack them away in!”
    ― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
    tags: death, funerals
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    Walter Isaacson
    “If you act like you can do something, then it will work.”
    ― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “But if I feel, may I never express?”
    “Never!” declared Reason.

    I groaned under her bitter sternness. Never - never - oh, hard word! This hag, this Reason, would not let me look up, or smile, or hope; she could not rest unless I were altogether crushed, cowed, broken-in, and broken down. According to her, I was born only to work for a piece of bread, to await the pains of death, and steadily through all life to despond. Reason might be right; yet no wonder we are glad at times to defy her, to rush from under her rod and give a truant hour to Imagination - her soft, bright foe, our sweet Help, our divine Hope.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Villette
    tags: emotion, feelings, villette
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