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#1

“No one ever wrote the ending to their autobiography.”
― J.K. Franko

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#2

“Whither be the heart of Justice?
            Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone.
            Whither be the heart of Justice?
            Lo, tis fast in stone.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: drama, fantasy, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, literary-fiction, magic-cultures, mystery, sorcery, wit

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#3

“But when his accusers rose to speak they brought none of the charges I was expecting; they merely had several points of disagreement with him about their peculiar religion and about someone called Jesus, a dead man whom Paul alleged to be alive … Jonathan read on, fascinated by the story, there were so many interesting details. But then he paused – was it the true story it said it was?”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

tags: alone, exhilarating, exorcism, hostile, lies, love, manor-house, psychic, tragedy, truth

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#4

“As Merlin sat at his desk, he caught a brief glimpse of himself in the mirror on the wall opposite…He was approaching his mid-forties, tall, with dark Latin features thanks to his Spanish father. Bright green eyes sat above an aquiline nose, and his full head of jet-black hair was now speckled with the odd bit of grey.”
― Mark Ellis, Death of an Officer

tags: action, enemies, heroes, infantry, infantrymen, races, sadness, truths, unknown, war

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#5

“Aye. I’m afraid for my immortal soul now.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood

tags: ancestry, courage, exploration, hatred, history, loss, romance, secrets, thrilling, victims

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#6

“But when people talk about it they call it The Zombie Room.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

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#7

“Llevamos nuestras vidas como el agua que corre colina abajo, más o menos en una dirección, hasta que damos con algo que nos obliga a encontrar un nuevo curso.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

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#8

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― Frederick Forsyth, The Dogs of War

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#9

“Sleepless late that night, his mind still tumbling with conflicts, he recalled something Omoro had said once when Kunta had refused to let go of a choice mango after Lamin begged for a bite: “When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.”
― Alex Haley, Roots: The Saga of an American Family

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#10

“A conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to upset the stomach. Consciousness is a poison when we apply it to ourselves. Consciousness is a light directed outward. It's like the headlights on a locomotive—turn them inward and you'd have a crash.”
― Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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#11

“Reading Plato should be easy; understanding Plato can be difficult.”
― Robin Waterfield, Republic

tags: plato, reading, understanding

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#12

“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: morality, organized-religion, religion

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