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    Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
    “How power is used in organizations determines whether it unites us with trust or divides us with fear”
    ― Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
    tags: accountability, consultants, empowering, framework, human-resource, nurture, solutions, strategy, team-performance, workplace-culture
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    Lesley Glaister
    “Aida watches Dennis open his tobacco pouch and stuff his pipe. As a child she was entranced by the process, and the glamorous stink of it, the special words: flake, shag, shank, dottle. He told her that each pipe had its own ghost, which is the taste when you suck it, empty and cold. Sometimes he let her taste the ghost.”
    ― Lesley Glaister, A Particular Man
    tags: cross-generational, forbidden-connections, lies, loss-of-identity, love, powerful, relationships, sacrifice, secrets-and-lies, truth
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    Sara Pascoe
    “What’s “ague?”‘ Raya asked.
    ‘Malaria.’ Oscar said.
    ‘Oh, great.’
    ‘Hey, you want plague? They got that too.’ Raya ignored
    the cat.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: adventure, children-s-paranormal, coming-of-age, coming-of-age-fiction, engaging, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, occult, supernatural, young-adult
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    A.R. Merrydew
    “So, you know that group up there in the Planetarium then?’ The pistol continued. ‘Hey they say it’s a small world.’
         ‘Are they alright?’ asked Semilla darting forward.
         ‘Yeah, they’re all fine, apart from the President he’s rather dead actually, oh and one of the lampposts I’m afraid he copped it too.’
         Baz’s beacon flickered with emotion. ‘Which one?’ he asked.
         ‘There was only one President as far as I know,’ said the pistol indifferently.”
    ― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange
    tags: action, drama, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, general, humour, past, sci-fi
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  • #5
    “The violence of nature masks the beauty and joy that hide just beneath the surface.”
    ― Jack Borden, The Lost City: An Epic YA Fantasy Novel
    tags: avelyn, family-bonds, immersive, mythical-creatures, sacred-magic, self-discovery, strong-female-protagonist, sword-of-light, thrilling, ya-fantasy
    117 likes

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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering.”
    ― 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
    392 likes

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    Frederick Forsyth
    “That is why I believe that this coterie of vain mandarins and cowardly politicians stained the honor of my country forever, and I will never forgive them.”
    ― Frederick Forsyth, The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue
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    Jean-Dominique Bauby
    “A domestic event as commonplace as washing can trigger the most varied emotions.”
    ― Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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    Diane Setterfield
    “She's not coming back."
    "No." He knew it was true. He had the feeling that the world might easily stop turning without the girl in it. Every hour was arduous, and when it was over, you had to start again with a new one, no better. He wondered how long he would be able to keep it going.”
    ― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
    tags: loss
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    Angie Thomas
    “We want freedom,' I say. 'We want the power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities.”
    ― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
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    Thomas Harris
    “Hello Clarice...”
    ― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
    tags: horror
    73 likes

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  • #12
    Oscar Wilde
    “Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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