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    Susan Rowland
    “We have magic you do not dream of.” That was Janet, although Mary could not see the diminutive witch.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders
    tags: fantasy-quote, magic-and-myth, paranormal-mystery, series-starter, spooky-season-reads, urban-fantasy, witchy-reads
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    Susan Rowland
    “Attached to each arm, as well as the skirt, they looked like an attempt to grow wings.
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    ― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders
    tags: art-and-magic, ballet-aesthetic, dark-fairytale-vibes, goodreads-quotes, lyrical-prose, urban-fantasy, witchy-mystery
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  • #3
    “Two lives call out. Résumé life and eulogy life. One is a list. The other, a story.”
    ― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance
    tags: character-matters, eulogy-life, faith-and-purpose, legacy-living, life-purpose, meaning-over-status, personal-growth, reflective-reading, resume-life, values-driven-life
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    “True wealth is counted by the futures we help transform, not just the fortunes we accumulate.”
    ― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance
    tags: christian-leadership, generational-impact, generous-living, kingdom-impact, legacy-building, meaningful-success, purposeful, servant-leadership, social-impact, transformational-leadership
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  • #5
    “God never quits; He simply honors the distance we insist on until love has no honest choice left but to close the door we've already walked away from.”
    ― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance
    tags: christian-living, christian-quotes, divine-mercy, faith-based-reads, faith-reflection, free-will, gods-love, grace-and-truth, spiritual-boundaries, spiritual-growth
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  • #6
    “The secret to a Wealthy Soul is simple: value curiosity, let people talk, and listen with purpose.”
    ― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance
    tags: active-listening, curiosity-mindset, empathetic-leadership, human-connection, intentional-relationships, leadership-books, meaningful-conversations, people-skills, personal-growth, relational-wisdom
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  • #7
    “True wealth is born not in what we keep, but in what we're brave enough to outgrow.”
    ― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance
    tags: courage-to-change, growth-mindset, inner-growth, inspirational-reads, letting-go, life-transitions, personal-transformation, purposeful-living, redefining-wealth, self-discovery
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    Steven Decker
    “I felt it as a G-force that building pressure that starts in your chest and spreads outward, reminding you that you have mass and the universe has more.”
    ― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
    tags: cosmic-scale, future-tech, galactic-adventure, sci-fi-readers, science-fiction, space-opera, space-travel
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    Steven Decker
    “There is no kindness in showing people a door they cannot open.”
    ― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
    tags: cosmic-mystery, curiosity, forbidden-knowledge, sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi-adventure, space, space-opera
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    Steven Decker
    “Some people just don’t appreciate it when you save their planet.”
    ― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
    tags: sci-fi, sci-fi-humor, science, science-fiction, space, space-opera
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    Steven Decker
    “People just need to be near other people when something has happened that is too large to process alone.”
    ― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
    tags: community, emotions, empathy, empathy-quotes, human-connection, human-emotions, human-nature, quote-of-the-day, science-fiction
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    Steven Decker
    “Peace for a hundred years was too big to ignore in a world where there had never been peace.”
    ― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
    tags: human-nature, peace, political-sci-fi, sci-fi, sci-fi-adventure, sci-fi-fantasy, sci-fi-science-fiction, science-fiction
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    L.M. Weeks
    “She’d never shied away from a challenge before, no matter how loudly her self-doubt had screamed.”
    ― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory
    tags: character-growth, courage, fishing-life, fly-fishing, quote-of-the-day, resilience, self-doubt, self-doubt-quotes, sports, sports-fiction
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    L.M. Weeks
    “Striped bass are the gateway drug to saltwater fly fishing. Catch one on fly, and twenty years later, you’re throwin’ pink synthetic chickens at marlin.”
    ― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory
    tags: angler-humor, fishing, fishing-fiction, fly-fishing, humor, outdoor-adventure, quote-of-the-day, saltwater-fishing, sports-fiction, weekend-reads
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    L.M. Weeks
    “When a team is winning, the guides credit the angler and the anglers credit the guide.”
    ― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory
    tags: angler, fiction, fly-fishing, quotes, sports-fiction, sportsmanship, teamwork
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    Theasa Tuohy
    “Miranda's reward to herself, after a chief investigator dubbed her "the Eloise of four-year-old detectives," was to stretch her age.  She’d now taken to informing people that she was four- and-a-half-and-three-quarters. She didn't seem to grasp the concept of almost-five.”
    ― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth
    tags: drama, excitement, fiction, fiction-novel, murder-mystery, mysterious, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller
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    Theasa Tuohy
    “Mary moved down to join the gathered actors, but little was said beyond questioning whispers. This was, after all, a morgue.”
    ― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth
    tags: drama, emotional, fantasy, fiction, fiction-novel, mystery, supernatural-thriller, thriller
    152 likes

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    John Edgell
    “I would caution you—ambition is a deadly disease.”
    ― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled
    tags: ambition, christian-fantasy, dark-fantasy, darkness, fantasy, fantasy-fiction, political-fantasy, quote-of-the-day
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    John Edgell
    “Once you start liking someone, the truth is harder to see.”
    ― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled
    tags: christian-fantasy, fantasy, fantasy-fiction, fantasy-journey, goodreads-quotes, hopeful-reads, perspective, perspective-quotes, quote-of-the-day
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  • #20
    “Kander, the laws Baruch has laid out are for our good. If we break them in one way or another, we or others suffer. Because he loves us, he does not want to see us suffer or cause others to suffer.”
    ― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled
    tags: christian-fantasy, consequences, faith, fantasy, fantasy-fiction, quote-of-the-day, redemption
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    John Edgell
    “How it will come about remains a question. That it will come about is not a point in question.”
    ― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled
    tags: christian-fantasy, faith, faith-quotes, fantasy, hope, perseverance, promise, quest-fantasy
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    John Edgell
    “Every man stands before his Maker, and although a man may stand alone, if he stands true, it is enough.”
    ― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled
    tags: christian-fantasy, epic-fantasy, faith, fantasy-fiction, integrity, moral-courage, reflective-reads, standing-alone
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  • #23
    “When I first got put in jail, I went in as a criminal. When I got released from state prison, I came out a hardened crook. You learn from other inmates how to pull off all sorts of illegal activity.”
    ― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs
    tags: action, adventure, danger, drama, fast-paced, mob, mystery, romance
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  • #24
    “An airplane hasn’t fallen out of the sky and landed on you, but in the PI world, you face risky business on a daily basis. Don’t let your guard down.”
    ― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs
    tags: danger, dark, erotic-romance, heat, love, romance, underworld, violence
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    “Melvin exited the hardware store, shuffled his feet into the darkness of the night that matched the blackness in his heart.”
    ― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs
    tags: adventure, drama, excitement, exciting, fiction, intrigue, love, passion, sex, thrilling
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    “Maybe it was Natalie’s round, mysterious cocoa colored eyes, the guts it took for a broad to chase crooks, that hooked him.”
    ― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs
    tags: action, adventure, danger, drama, erotica, fear, fiction, mafia, relationships, romance
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    “Unless you drive a Ferrari or a Rolls Royce, your new set of tires might look old to you now, in comparison to that Maserati.”
    ― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs
    tags: action, drama, exciting, exploration, fiction, love, passion, romance, sex, suspense
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  • #28
    Don Hynes
    “The lure of deep water
and gathering night,
held in the mystery
I kneel to taste
at the earth altar.”
    ― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
    tags: contemplative-poetry, dark-beauty, deep-water, earth-altar, mystery, poetry, sacred-ritual, spiritual-longing
    154 likes

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  • #29
    Don Hynes
    “What broke me was wildness,
and wildness my salvation.”
    ― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
    tags: fierce-beauty, healing-through-nature, personal-truth, poetry, soul-recovery, survival, transformation, wildness
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  • #30
    Don Hynes
    “The earth opens
and down I tumble,
into a vault of seeds,
perfect and unbroken.”
    ― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
    tags: earthimagery, innerdescent, poetry, rebirth, renewal, seedsofhope, spiritualpoetry, transformation
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