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    Jody Summers
    “Since that night a couple of weeks ago when Valerie had stayed with
    him, they had barely separated. The stories of Rabbit’s Revenge droned
    on and on talking of the impending doom of the planet and the international
    scientific community’s various attempts to determine a course of
    action to prevent it.
    For Jeremy, however, each passing day left him feeling more and
    more certain he was missing something. It was just a nagging little sensation
    that lingered like an itch on the back of his neck. With Valerie
    now firmly implanted in his life, it was a wonder he even thought about
    it at all, but during his quiet moments and when he awoke in the mornings
    or even during his more intense workouts, the sensation crept back
    up on him. It seemed to center around the experience of having his life
    pass before his eyes, but beyond that it was just nebulous.
    And annoying.”
    ― Jody Summers, The Mayan Legacy
    tags: action-fiction, colorado, drama, environmentalism, hurt, loners, man-made-disasters, survival, suspense-thrillers, tense
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    Andri E. Elia
    “Bend with me.”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
    tags: action-and-adventure, action-fantasy, action-packed, adventure-fantasy, conspire, life-and-death, plots, politics, secrets, twists
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    Max Nowaz
    “He was sure people detested accountants; they were boring. In fact, he had put down his profession as an airline pilot on the form he had filled in for a dating agency. As an airline pilot you could be away just the right amount of time, when you needed a break from your love life, without facing awkward questions from her when you got back.”
    ― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
    tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller
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    Raz Mihal
    “Looking into her eyes, I see the emptiness of my mind reflected in the vibration of my heart—love without the presence of 'Me.”
    ― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her
    tags: divine-feminine, inner-emptiness, love-as-spiritual-connection, self-transcendence, spiritual-love
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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
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    Sherman Kennon
    “A mystical rain calming a boisterous night. A sensuous breeze sending leaves into flight. A beautiful flower reminding one of a more treasured hour. A wandering mind wanting for a better world.”
    ― Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
    tags: blessing, clarity, fabric-of-existence, gentle, inspire, introspective, life, natural, perspective, uplift
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    Steven Decker
    “Edward reached out with his arms and embraced her, his heart filled with a mix of sadness and hope. He desperately wanted to believe her promise and hold on to her vow that they would be reunited soon. Still, young Edward’s life had been so full of disappointment that it was hard for him to believe his unfortunate circumstances might soon be ending. He clung to her, wishing she would never let him go.”
    ― Steven Decker, One More Life to Live
    tags: child-labour, cruelty, determination, heart-over-head, historical-fiction, mystery, orphan, strength, trapped, truth
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    Susan Rowland
    “Waiting for the correct time to descend for cocktails, Mary sat on her bed and reviewed her impressions of the house party one by one. Belinda Choudhry M. P. she knew least. As mother of murdered Perdita, she was sure to be a volatile addition.”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, insight, mystery, profound, unpredictable
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    Rebecca Harlem
    “Dakota leaned forward with her face coated in mingled sperm and kissed the lips of the fourth man. In that kiss, there was an unspoken ‘thank you.”
    ― Rebecca Harlem, The Pink Cadillac
    tags: confidence, erotic-romance, excitement, fun, interwoven, page-turner, passion, perspective, sexual-desires, thrilling
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    Rebecca Skloot
    “Many doctors tested drugs on slaves and operated on them to develop new surgical techniques, often without using anesthesia. Fear”
    ― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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    Tennessee Williams
    “But once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. Once you know this is true, that the heart of man, his body and his brain, are forged in a white-hot furnace for the purpose of conflict (the struggle of creation) and that with the conflict removed, the man is a sword cutting daisies, that not privation but luxury is the wolf at the door and that the fangs of this wolf are all the little vanities and laxities that Success is heir to--why, then with this knowledge you are at least in a position of knowing where the danger lies.”
    ― Tennessee Williams
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    Daphne du Maurier
    “A pleasantly situated hotel close to the sea, and chalets by the water's edge where one breakfasted. Clientele well-to-do, and although I count myself no snob I cannot abide paper bags and orange peel. ("Not After Midnight")”
    ― Daphne du Maurier, Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories
    tags: snob, snobbery
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    Alan Paton
    “In the dark and silent forest there is a leaf that falls. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.”
    ― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country
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    “It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop (I started to say "This foolishness") any time I need to.”
    ― Flora Rheta Schreiber, Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
    tags: controllability, denial, denial-of-reality, dissociative-identity-disorder, lack-of-control, multiple-personalities, multiple-personality-disorder, need-for-control, out-of-hand, powerless, powerless-quotes, powerlessness, sybil
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