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#1

“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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#2

“How was he murdered?”
“Asphyxiated.”
“Can you elaborate?”
“I can, but it’s rather gruesome.”
“I’m a private investigator, Mr. Kingsley. I’ve seen plenty of gruesome.”
― Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance

tags: action, adventure, crime, dramatic, gruesome, murder, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller

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#3

“A home’s value should come from its ability to provide shelter and community, not from its financial returns.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

tags: climate-crisis, climate-issues, community, environmental-nonfiction, global-issues, human-needs, justice, resource-conflict, sustainability, water-justice

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#4

“It was hidden in a column in the middle pages of The Courier in June 2019. The headline did not stand out as anything special. It was headed ‘Ancient staff discovered near Kinfauns Castle mystifies archaeologists’.”
― Robert Reid, The Thief

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction

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#5

“The moisture in the air sat in the crevices of storefront windows, like the tears that welled in the corners of her dark brown eyes.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: coming-of-age, emotional-reads, grief, historical-fiction, lyrical-prose, strong-heroine, venice

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#6

“I would caution you—ambition is a deadly disease.”
― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled

tags: ambition, christian-fantasy, dark-fantasy, darkness, fantasy, fantasy-fiction, political-fantasy, quote-of-the-day

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#7

“Act', implores the Ghost of Future Regret. 'I shan't give you another chance'. [and so Jacob does] 'Damned fool,' groans the Demon of Present Regret. 'What have you done?”
― David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

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#8

“Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Dar-
winism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb
permanently on the fast-forward button.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

tags: neuromancer

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#9

“ كان رجال العهود الغابرة وسيمي الطلعة طويلي القامة و الآن أصبحوا أطفالاً و أقزاماً وليس هذا إلا دليلاً من جملة أدلة أخرى كثيرة تشهد بتعاسة عالم يسير نحو الهرم”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

tags: the-name-of-the-rose, umberto-eco, اسم-الوردة, الجمال, الزمن-التاريخ, العالم, الهرم, حكمة

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#10

“Sing, goddess, of Achilles' ruinous anger
Which brought ten thousand pains to the Achaeans,
And cast the souls of many stalwart heroes
To Hades, and their bodies to the dogs
And birds of prey.”
― Homer, The Iliad

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#11

“You think, because I always do as you bid me, I have no judgment of my own: but only try me—that is all I ask—and you shall see what I can do.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

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#12

“We pick the people who populate our personal lives as much for who they make us as for who they are. I chose Anna for the person I became in her presence, and in this respect, my love for her was a more selfish one”
― Zack Love, The Doorman

tags: alex, anna, connection, lovers, nyc, short-story, thought-provoking, zack-love

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