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    K. Ritz
    “This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, engaging, exciting, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery
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    Andri E. Elia
    “Inseparable as sibs—strained as a couple.”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
    tags: action, adventure, drama, fantasy, fiction, intrigue, literature, magic, mystery, urban-fantasy
    338 likes

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    Adam Scott Huerta
    “DON’T THINK, FEEL flickers from an electric billboard cutting out the darkness. ”
    ― Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black
    tags: courage, denial, discovering, government, gripping, hurt, identity, manipulation, struggles, survival
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    Susan Rowland
    “   In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: drama, excitement, fiction, fiction-novel, fictional, horror, thriller
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    Mike Martin
    “He mixed his sacred medicines and smudged. Afterward, he sat there for a moment to allow the smoke to come into his body and spirit. This one act connected him, even if briefly, to himself and to what he believed was the spirit world. In that space he offered thanks to those who had come before him and asked for help in this world, not just for himself but for anyone who might be struggling this morning.”
    ― Mike Martin, Too Close For Comfort
    tags: crime-story, curiosity, danger, humour, inspector, newfoundland, page-turner, police-force, protect, suspicious
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
    tags: find-oneself, friendships, learning, life-lessons, love, personal-identity, philosophy, teachings, truths, value
    162 likes

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    Raz Mihal
    “Her is closer than ever to the top of Namsan Tower.”
    ― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her
    tags: loveinseoul, namsantower, soulfulproximity
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    Alan Bradley
    “Life was about making sense out of the insensible. A ball of fire out of a clear blue sky? Must’ve been a meteorite, maybe debris from an airplane. Random flashes of light and color at night? A transformer blew up, you must’ve been dreaming, you’re talking crazy, quiet down, take your meds.”
    ― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough
    tags: magic, out-of-control, shotgun, supernatural, supernatural-abilities, thriller, thriller-fiction, trauma, traumatic-events, violent
    78 likes

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    Rebecca Harlem
    “I realized that if you avoid the sin, you will also avoid the fun.”
    ― Rebecca Harlem, The Pink Cadillac
    tags: compelling, connection, exciting, love, personal-growth, resilience, seductive, self-discovery, societal-expectations, unbridled-desire
    115 likes

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    Victoria Dougherty
    “I trust no one. Not even myself.” —Joesph Stalin”
    ― Victoria Dougherty, The Hungarian
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    Barack Obama
    “Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America.”
    ― Barack Obama, A Promised Land
    tags: america, american-history, history, obama, president, war, west-point
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    Jacob Grimm
    “At twelve o'clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: go up to her and give her a kiss, and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and take leave of her father and mother.”
    ― Jacob Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Tales
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    David Mitchell
    “All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.”
    ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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    Erik Larson
    “One portion of the lakefront, named Burnham Park in his honor, contains Soldier Field and the Field Museum, which he designed.”
    ― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Handsome is as handsome does”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: behavior, handsomeness, manners
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