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    “Information becomes knowledge only when it finds an application in real life.”
    ― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean
    tags: apply-it, growth-mindset, life-lessons, philosophical-fiction, practical-learning, self-improvement, wisdom
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    “Even if you are an introvert, you’ll still find many possibilities for meeting others. Everyone is so welcoming, and you will make friends regardless because the town is small!”
    ― Pilar Calvoz Cordón, Shape Your Path at IE University : What to expect from Spain’s Instituto de Empresa University
    tags: campus-life, ie-university, international-students, introvert-friendly, new-student-tips, nonfiction, student-community
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  • #3
    Patricia Mather Parker
    “We’re your family, Fel, said So’a.”
    ― Patricia Mather Parker, The Abode
    tags: belonging, book-quotes, comfort-reads, fantasy, found-family, friendship, love, middle-grade
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  • #4
    J. Rose Black
    “You can’t be good at everything.”
    ― J. Rose Black, The Real Ones
    tags: banter, chemistry, contemporary-romance, flirt-fight-flirt, light-humor, romance-readers, sports-romance, teasing, weekend-read
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  • #5
    John C. Waugh
    “withered vine memories
hang
from the old house
do i exist?
 who’s asking”
    ― John C. Waugh, busted haiku
    tags: existential, identity, introspective, literary-poetry, memory, natureimage, poetry, quiet-intensity
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    Tricia Newlan
    “Storm-grey eyes, broad shoulders encased in a dark blue suit jacket. Jaw carved from some righteous, attorney-like stone. My brother Evan's old friend. My teenage crush. And now, to my surprise, my new boss.”
    ― Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance
    tags: forbidden-attraction, long-time-crush, new-boss, page-turner-romance, romancebooks, slow-burn-tension, suited-up, swoony-moments, workplace-romance
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    JoDee Neathery
    “Sally could not dismiss the feeling that she and the strange man on the bus shared the same baggage, both losing their footing—both with fists clenched against the world.”
    ― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush
    tags: blame, challenges, guilt, love, mystery, novel, redemption, romance, suspense, tradgedy
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “She said, “My people of Oxford, you are suffering from the administration of Hugh le Despencer the Elder and his son called Hugh le Despencer the Younger! I have issued warrants for their arrest and bringing to trial for crimes of High Treason against both men and their partner in crime called Edmund Fitzalan! I urge all of you to inform my soldiers of the where-abouts of these men!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
    tags: british-history, culture, drama, enlightening, exploration, fiction-writing, historical-biography, lovers, novel, powerful
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    J.L. Marrain
    “Where am I going, sir?” Fear shot through his stomach. He had nowhere else to go.”
    ― J.L. Marrain, THE GRIDD: PERILS OF THE LIGHTHOLDER
    tags: coming-of-age, displacement, emotional-reads, loss-and-change, new-beginnings, portal-fantasy, teen-fiction, ya
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    Lin Wilder
    “Saul,” he said, reaching out to clasp my hand in both of his, “you have always felt like a son to me.” My father’s business partner seemed untouched by the passage of the years.”
    ― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World
    tags: belonging, biblical-fiction, characte-rdriven, found-family, heartfelt, historical-fiction, mentorship, tender-moments
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    Susan Rowland
    “There was no going back now. Rubber and metal could only take so much. The car could shatter and send its passengers into an elemental distillation of rock, flesh, blood, and ash. Alchemy, thought Mary, grimly. Too much bloody alchemy.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, insight, mystery, trauma
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  • #12
    Max Nowaz
    “Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,” chirped Wendy.
    “No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
    “Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
    “He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
    “He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
    “With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
    ― 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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    Barbara W. Tuchman
    “Honor wears different coats to different eyes.”
    ― Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August
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    Donna Tartt
    “I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
    ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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    Mary Norton
    “In this life,” he went on, “you got to see what is, as you might say, and then face up to what you wish there wasn’t.”
    ― Mary Norton, The Borrowers Afield
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  • #16
    Dr. Seuss
    “If you'd never been born, then you might be an Isn't!
    An Isn't has no fun at all. No, he disn't.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
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    Jack Kerouac
    “What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?”
    ― Jack Kerouac
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  • #18
    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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    Sara Pascoe
    “Enough, gentlemen, enough! Show a New World marsupial a little respect”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum
    tags: animal-adventure, character-voice, funny-books, humor, kids-books, middle-grade, read-aloud, snappy-dialogue, talking-animals
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  • #20
    Michael G. Kramer
    “Ngo Diem was heard to say, “I want a repressive machine controlling the whole of the country of South Vietnam from Saigon to the remotest villages. You shall apply massacres, torture, deportations, and mass imprisonment while conducting constant raids. You shall make the population so fearful of this government that no-one shall ever dare to become a revolutionary or any other kind of outlaw!”

    (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
    ― Michael G. Kramer
    tags: band-of-brothers, guns, love, loyalty, military-budget, pilots-family, politics, poverty
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  • #21
    Jennifer Wizbowski
    “The sky was stark, stale, and gray. The air, cold.”
    ― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta
    tags: atmospheric, coming-of-age, historical-fiction, italian-history, literary-setting, venice, winter-mood
    51 likes

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  • #22
    Anastasia Pash
    “Although London is known for many things, a fashion-forward capital is not one of them.”
    ― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules
    tags: london, london-quotes, london-weather
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  • #23
    Max Nowaz
    “That’s how we are programmed”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
    tags: artificial-life, big-ideas, chilling-line, control, existential-sci-fi, free-will-vs-fate, science-fiction
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  • #24
    “Theo, no matter what happens in life, you must always remember that we live in a mathematically precise world. Everything that happens has a reason and even though we rarely understand those reasons and often don’t even see them, that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”
    ― Alexander Morpheigh
    tags: booklovers, cosmicorder, everythinghappensforareason, metaphysicalfiction, philosophicalfiction, thepythagorean, thoughtprovokingreads
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  • #25
    “by”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree
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  • #26
    George Critchlow
    “Once he accepted God into his life, Michael immediately began receiving the benefit of small miracles—“gold nuggets,” he calls them—that he perceived to be tangible proof of God’s love.”
    ― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
    tags: faith, grace, hope, inspiration, life-change, miracles, redemption, resilience, spiritual-memoir, uplifting-reads
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  • #27
    Susan Rowland
    “For once he looked at her as if he saw her – an older woman unafraid of blustering men, too assured to play at looking younger.
”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders
    tags: character-insight, feminist-fiction, midlife-heroine, own-your-power, strong-women, urban-fantasy, witchy-mystery
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  • #28
    “I felt calm well, maybe not calm but safe. For the first time during a Montana thunderstorm, I did feel safe.”
    ― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community
    tags: comfort-reads, coming-of-age, courage, emotional-fiction, healing, new-beginnings, rural-life, safety
    43 likes

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  • #29
    Sun Tzu
    “Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
    ― Sun Tzu, Art of War
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  • #30
    Omar Farhad
    “Knowledge humble and burdens the intelligent, scares the ignorant.”
    ― Omar Farhad, Need a Ride?
    9 likes



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