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    “For her, it was a transaction—a weight traded for money, risk traded for survival.”
    ― D.L. Maddox, Stolen
    tags: anxiousread, bookclubreads, crimefiction, fiction, fictionalread, moralgray, mystery, psychologicalthriller, riskandreward, survival
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    K. Ritz
    “Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, fantasy, fiction, humour, intrigue, literature, magic, mystery, sorcery
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    “I'm the biggest critic of my own work, but sometimes you nail a chapter so good that you have to take a step back and admire that bitch.”
    ― R.D. Ronald
    tags: admire, bitch, confidence, critic, inspirational, life, writing
    243 likes

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    Sara Pascoe
    “I really like Matilda and that's not a clever book, is it? It's for children. But she's my favourite main character because she comes from an awful family and likes reading, like I do. Those special powers must've made her life a lot easier, though. She wouldn't be working in a pub at thirty-two.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Weirdo
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  • #5
    “When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them.”
    ― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted
    tags: action, adventure, detective, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, noir-mystery, thriller
    128 likes

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    Gary Clemenceau
    “Before and behind me, nothing but infernal things were made and sold, and I endured inbetween, infernally.”
    ― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity
    tags: bleakhumor, consumerculture, darkhumor, literaryfiction, mood, urbangothic
    138 likes

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    Ashby Jones
    “Coincidence is God's way of showing He cares.”
    ― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird
    tags: faithanddoubt, fateandchance, literaryfiction, readerswhofeeldeeply, southernfiction
    103 likes

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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “I swallowed a sigh since, truthfully, I was glad she found the cabin.”
    ― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow
    tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel
    355 likes

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  • #9
    “My Lady, turn away; do not look into the wagon, it is too frightening for a lady to view.”
    ― Dorlies von Kaphengst Meissner Rasmussen, Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime
    tags: book-1, drama, fantasy, fiction, historical, history, intrigue, mystery, trilogy
    100 likes

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  • #10
    John Irving
    “… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.”
    ― John Irving, The Cider House Rules
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    Todd Burpo
    “When people are facing a trial, they find strength and support from others who have been through the same situations.”
    ― Todd Burpo, Heaven Changes Everything: Living Every Day with Eternity in Mind
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    James McBride
    “a device that fed them their oppression disguised as free thought.”
    ― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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    Tom Clancy
    “The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”
    ― Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger
    tags: kindlehighlight
    61 likes

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  • #14
    Orson Scott Card
    “Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.”
    ― Orson Scott Card
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