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    Lesley Glaister
    “He frowned, pulled her roughly against him. She could feel the tickle of his chest hair against her cheek and his bristles on top of her head. She could feel the outraged beating of his heart.”
    ― Lesley Glaister, Blasted Things
    tags: destruction, drama, fiction-writing, life, love, recovery, war
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    “A day shall come when time will stop, and the broken earth will be re-forged in the fires of creative power.”
    ― Jack Borden, The Lost City: An Epic YA Fantasy Novel
    tags: coming-of-age, dark-lands, family-bonds, intense, memorable-characters, overcoming-fear, personal-growth, sacred-magic, sword-of-light, vivid
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    Candace L. Talmadge
    “Good evening, Sergeant,” Helen said. “What’s that?”
    He held the bag out to her. “A present for Lieutenant Angel. Something
    to eat on your journey.”
    She took it and put it back on the desk. “Wipe that damn grin off
    your face, Sergeant. A smiling Toltec is a contradiction in terms.”
    ― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
    tags: ancient-civilizations, courage, fantasy-fiction, forbidden-knowledge, hidden-lineage, outcast, political-scandal, power-struggles, spiritual-journey, tension
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    Kenneth Schmitt
    “Our experiences are all a result of our personal energy signature, which develops from our focus of attention. Once we realize this, we can create a world of light and love in our personal consciousness, which also flows into the consciousness of humanity and the entire cosmos.”
    ― Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness
    tags: awareness, cosmos, energy-flow, photons, quantum-energy, quantum-entanglement, quantum-realm, space-and-time, subatomic-particles, unseen-energies
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    A.R. Merrydew
    “The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
    tags: adventure, ai, artificial-intelligence, challenge, fiction, tags-action-packed, thrilling
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    Sara Pascoe
    “But if you flip this around, the reason women are smaller and weaker is that men weren’t worth fighting over.
    Hold my bag while I victory-lap.”
    ― Sara Pascoe
    tags: gender, humour
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    Janet Fitch
    “She was sitting cross-legged on her bed in her white kimono, writing in a notebook with an ink pen she dipped in a bottle. 'Never let a man stay the night,' she told me. 'Dawn has a way of casting a pall on any night magic.' The night magic sounded lovely. Someday I would have lovers and write a poem after.”
    ― Janet Fitch, White Oleander
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    James Fenimore Cooper
    “A man without conscience is but a poor creature...”
    ― James Fenimore Cooper, Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
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    Franz Kafka
    “April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.”
    ― Franz Kafka, Diaries, 1910-1923
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    Rohinton Mistry
    “...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.”
    ― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
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    “I look at my girls, my brilliant young women. I want them to think I was better than I was, and I want to tell them the truth in case the truth will be useful. Those two desires to not neatly coexist, but this is where we are in the story.”
    ― Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
    tags: logic
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