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    Sheridan Brown
    “She criticized, “There are no excuses for why it could not be better. The devil’s in the details,” Viola tried to teach him. That made him mad and she heard him mutter, “Now’s I know why they call you Mrs. Rough-ner!” He went out and used hand scissors for the edges making the yard crisp and pleasant for all to see. Then, Viola just had to smile to herself because she guessed she had pushed him to his limit! But at last, the task was perfect and then, right after that, he left their home again.”
    ― Sheridan Brown, The Viola Factor
    tags: battle, discovery, forbidden, friend, future, goals, journey, leader, life, south-america
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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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    A.R. Merrydew
    “The computer began to titter. ‘Well it’s a long story honey, but the concise version is this. Talalia has been a bad girl. She was grounded for six months after her last trip.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, Inara
    tags: ai, artificial-intelligence, compelling, deep, future, humanity, sci-fi, science-fiction, suspense, thriller
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    Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
    “The imbalance of power in the employee-employer relationship puts the onus on leaders to address fairness at work”
    ― Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
    tags: accountability, analysing, discover, empathy, engagement, rebuilding, retention, team-performance, trust, work
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    Raz Mihal
    “It’s not good enough that happiness is only in my heart because of Her. I also wish her soul image to be happy because of Me.”
    ― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her
    tags: lovereflection, mutualhappiness, sharedjoy
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    Nelson Mandela
    “It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
    ― Nelson Mandela, Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom
    tags: mindfulness, power-of-words, speech, words
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    Jane Austen
    “I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: jane-austen, pride-and-prejudice
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “I nothing had, and yet enough for youth--Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth. Give unrestrained, the old emotion, The bliss that touched the verge of pain, The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion,--O, give me back my youth again!”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part
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    Nancy E. Turner
    “You cannot apologize for my feelings. You may apologize for your actions”
    ― Nancy E. Turner, These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
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    Peter B. Forster
    “Just a middle-age man with all the privilege that unasked for gift affords. When in truth it seems, we see suffering as the province of children, mothers, wives and lovers. Broken, struck by the hand of a man’s blind ambition, brutish strength. What of the gentle-man with the soft voice…”
    ― Peter B. Forster, More Than Love, A Husband's Tale
    tags: heartwarming, memoir, nonfiction
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Drop dead-but first get permit”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
    tags: beaurocracy
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    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “Mycelium?” Joey asked. “What is that?”
     
    Water explained, “It is a huge organism made up of very, very small fibres or filaments of fungus. The fungus grows underground, and it connects all the roots of the trees together. Its flower is a mushroom. Do you like to eat mushrooms?”
    ― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water
    tags: emotional-awareness, energy-connection, environment-and-energy, exploring-unity, growth-mindset, healing-vibrations, holistic-approach, life-cycles, teaching-connection, thoughtful-parenting
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    K. Ritz
    “Mead.
    O sweet elixir,
    Ye bless the lips and steal the wits.
     ”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: drama, dramatic, engaging, exciting, fantasy, fiction-writing, intrigue, mystery, past, wit
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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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    “The contemplative clinking and methodical chewing are a little weird, but it is proof that souls are housed
inside the physical body.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: contemplating, healing, healing-journey, inner-peace, love, peace, self-love, spirit, spirituality
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  • #16
    “When pain and talent mix together, that’s when you’re able to persevere in your goals in life; the pain gives your talent something to feed into.”
    ― Vernon Davis
    tags: competitive, eye-opening, family, inspirational, inspiring, interesting, journey, love, progress
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    Max Nowaz
    “A magic Adam never knew existed, yet he must somehow control it to survive.”
    ― 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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    Benjamin Alire Sáenz
    “My life was still someone else's idea.”
    ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
    tags: life
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    Esther Forbes
    “We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.”
    ― Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain
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    Lynne Truss
    “the American essayist Lewis Thomas on the semicolon: The semicolon tells you that there is still some question about the preceding full sentence; something needs to be added [ . . .] The period [or full stop] tells you that that is that; if you didn’t get all the meaning you wanted or expected, anyway you got all the writer intended to parcel out and now you have to move along. But with the semicolon there you get a pleasant feeling of expectancy; there is more to come; read on; it will get clearer. The Medusa and the Snail, 1979”
    ― Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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    Garth Stein
    “The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles--preferably of his own making--in order to triumph. A hero without a flaw is of no interest to an audience or to the universe, which, after all, is based on conflict and opposition, the irresistible force meeting the unmovable object.”
    ― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
    tags: inspirational, mistakes
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    Munro Leaf
    “A lot of people—young and old— have not done a very good job of taking care of our country so we can enjoy living in it. Almost everywhere today you see the marks of the stupid and the careless who are ruining what we should all take care of for our own pleasure—and our own good.”
    ― Munro Leaf, Who Cares? I Do.
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