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#1

“Bedouins believe their Heaven to be a lush paradise of trees and running water; mine was no different, though my sprinklers were timed.”
― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity

tags: literaryfiction, nostalgia, placewriting, vividimage, weekendreads, yearning

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#2

“Guilt often resembles shadows, playing games in the dark.”
― H. Meadow Hopewell, Rage Against the Machine

tags: action, ai, betrayal, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, thriller

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#3

“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

tags: science-fiction, time-travel, time-travel-fiction, time-travel-romance

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#4

“New York. Anton Meyer’s wife had just gone to New Jersey to stay with her sister for a couple of days. For the first time in a while, his day hadn’t ended in an argument and he’d been able to enjoy a good night’s sleep. It was 10 in the morning and Meyer had already dealt efficiently with most of the files on his desk. He had taken a moment to congratulate himself on this when Maurice Kramer appeared at his door. “Daydreaming again, Meyer?” Kramer’s beady eyes glared meanly at him.”
― Mark Ellis, The French Spy

tags: army, british-empire, drama, dublin, epic, fact, fiction, suspense, trilogy

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#5

“Angus reached the young woman to find that she was shaken more by the sudden fire than by the lion, as she had only seen it as it ran back to the mountain. Sliding from the back of the cob, he took the woman’s hand to calm her shaking. Quietly he introduced himself, and hesitantly she told him that her name was Elbeth, and she was the daughter of James Cameron.”
― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy

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#6

“When a man destroys a relationship to feed an obsession, he cuts out his own heart to watch it bleed.”
― Guy Morris, The Image: A Quantum Portal Has Opened

tags: bookstagram, characterdriven, darkpsychology, dramatic, investigation, mystery, obsession, psychthriller, selfdestruction, toxiclove

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#7

“The filigreed iron gates of the Navy Yard were open wide between two pillars that featured large spread-winged eagles on orbs. Men were standing around as women came out together in their overalls after their shifts. Before the war women didn’t work at the Navy Yard, but with men joining up or drafted and a new campaign with a poster of 'Rosie the Riveter' it did its job encouraging woman to work outside the home for the war effort.”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

tags: america, american-history, culture, discovery, drama, fiction, fictional-narratives, historical-fiction, history, war

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#8

“It is a matter of record that I was diagnosed as suffering from PTSD.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

tags: civil, compassionreads, historicalfiction, mentalhealthinfiction, ptsd, spiritual, traumaandrecovery, veterans, wisdom, wise

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#9

“We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.”
― Eric Carle

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#10

“Then he spoke of James Joyce. He told about Joyce’s family, his religion, his education, his writing. He spoke of a book called Dubliners and a story in the book titled “Ivy Day in the Committee Room.” Regardless of race, regardless of class, that story was universal, he said.”
― Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying

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#11

“Danny would have thought it comical if it had come from any other source, on any other day, in any other country. But Curtis had come to the table with something they'd never expected, something they would have thought outmoded and outlived in the modern age: a kind of fundamental righteousness that only the fundamental possessed. Unfettered by doubt, it achieved the appearance of moral intelligence and a resolute consciousness. The terrible thing was how small it made you feel, how weaponless. How could you fight righteous rage if the only arms you bore were logic and sanity?”
― Dennis Lehane, The Given Day

tags: freedom-of-religion, freedom-of-speech, religious-fundamentalism

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#12

“You're not eating anything," said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed.

I can't. I'm in the depths of despair. Can you eat when
you are in the depths of despair?"

I've never been in the depths of despair, so I can't say," responded Marilla.

Weren't you? Well, did you ever try to IMAGINE you were in
the depths of despair?"

No, I didn't."

Then I don't think you can understand what it's like. It's very uncomfortable a feeling indeed.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: anne-of-green-gables, humor

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#13

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: books, future, libraries, past

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#14

“Finn leaped from his horse to greet Enna, and she entwined herself into him, their arms around each other, their faces close. Thoug they did not kiss, Rin thought that the way they looked at each other was even more intimate.
'Let's get married,' Enna was saying with yearning in her voice. 'Please, let's get married right now.'
Finn put his face into her neck and whispered something that made her hum.”
― Shannon Hale, Forest Born

tags: enna, finn, love

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