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#1

“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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#2

“However far I travel the earth remains the earth, held like a newborn each new day, a silent presence among the stars.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

tags: belonging, cosmic-connection, daily-wonder, earth-and-sky, grounded-spirit, lyrical-reflection, meditative-writing, poetry

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#3

“Rivers don’t sleep,
 dark forests rise,
 sodden roots shatter 
the concrete prison.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

tags: dark-forest, elemental-imagery, lyrical-intensity, nature-power, poetry, resistance, untamed-life, wild-earth

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#4

“I never will be sober while desire guides me, lured by darkness to distant light,
where sky gods celebrate those who love night glory, who dare once more to sing among the stars.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

tags: cosmic-imagery, desire, longing, meditative-writing, mystic-poetry, night-thoughts, poetry, starlight, wild-spirit

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#5

“Now Isla Plata was to fishing as Nantucket was to whaling: a memory of a bygone era.”
― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory

tags: coastal-fiction, eco-fiction, environmental, fishing, fishing-fiction, marine-conservation, quote, sports-fiction, thought-provoking-reads

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#6

“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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#7

“Death comes for us all, but I’m not going to sit home and wait for it. It’ll have to track me down. In the meantime, I’m going to live the life I want to live.”
― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory

tags: aging, inspirational-fiction, inspirational-quotes, life-lessons, live-fully, outdoor-adventure, resilience

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#8

“He loved the eternal feeling of being on the water, in the zone, day after day as if time had stopped.”
― L.M. Weeks, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory

tags: fishing-fiction, fishing-quotes, flow-state, fly-fishing, outdoor-adventure, sports-fiction

66 likes

#9

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US General Mathew Ridgeway was speaking about “Operation Vulture”. He said, “When the day comes for me to meet my maker and account for my actions, the thing that I would be most proud of is the fact that I fought against and perhaps totally prevented the carrying out of one of the most hare-brained tactical schemes that would have cost the lives of thousands upon thousands of men!”
― Michael G Kramer Omieaust, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

tags: documented, factual, indochina-war, insightful, recount-of-war, united, unity, unrest, warring, world

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#10

“Cung went to his section commander Corporal Binh Chien Bui and spoke to him. He said, “Binh, come quickly, something strange is going on!”
― Michael G Kramer Omieaust, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

tags: asia, documented, history-resource, leaders, political-dictatorship, research, strategy, tactical, veterans, vietnam

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#11

“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.”
― Michael G Kramer Omieaust, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

tags: destruction, difficulty, fighting, military, ptsd, real-life, true-story, uncertainty, vietnam, war

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#12

“I said to Hun Sen, “Thank you, Hun! You have also told me that there was a kidnapping incident which almost bankrupted your family! Can you please elaborate upon that?”
― Michael G Kramer Omieaust, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

tags: army, band-of-brothers, family, front-line, guns, love, loyalty, military-budget, pilots, soldiers

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#13

“People of various parts of France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, the USSR, and other places, were living among the ruins in the best way that they could. Because I was alone and homeless as well as confused, I opted to join the French Foreign Legion. When I was in the Wehrmacht, I thought that their discipline was extreme. However, it was nothing when compared to the discipline as practised by the Foreign Legion!”
― Michael G Kramer Omieaust, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

tags: australia, historical, historical-fiction, history, oceanian-fiction, southeast-asia, truth, vietnam, war, war-recount

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#14

“Kurt, could you please serve this invoice upon the Prussian Pickle, the Major General von Trotha for the disrupting the legitimate working of F..H. Schmidt Engineering Services?”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: action, conflict, drama, educational, fiction, historical, insightful, justice, political-intrigue

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#15

“Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: drama, exciting, exploration, fiction, future, literary-fiction, page-turner, past, politics, present

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#16

“Oskar Scultetus said, “Two of my men have been ordered to cut two of the guy wires holding the transmission tower in place, and they are already doing so using oxy-acetylene torches. When they have done it, the tower will fall!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: action, ancestry, drama, family, fiction, historical, learning, powerful, truths, war

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#17

“Captain Scultetus said, “Sir, I am the commander of the Swakopmund Coast Guard. My name and rank are Captain Oskar Scultetus! I respectfully beg you not to open fire upon my city!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: australia, discovery, life-experiences, life-journey, living, love, nostalgia, self, soul, vietnam

204 likes

#18

“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

93 likes

#19

“I found it interesting when, after the program, both Mrs. Rath and Mrs. Walker mentioned how nice it was to see Ira attending school and community events again.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: community, found-family, grandparent-bond, growth, healing, heartwarming, quiet-transformation, small-town-life

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#20

“None of the other kids my age has to do all the grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and bill paying. It’s just not fair that I have to be an adult when I’m still a kid.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: book-club-pick, childhood, coming-of-age, emotional-truth, family, heartfelt-reads, historical-fiction, resilience

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#21

“Maybe, I thought, just maybe he’s starting to get used to having me around.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: belonging, coming-of-age, found-family, grandparent-bond, heartwarming, hope, slow-burn-healing, tender-moments

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#22

“If you ever get lost, you can get your bearings and find your way home. Just remember to find Buffalo Butte and head toward that.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: coming-of-age, grandparent-bond, guidance, home, hope, inspirational-fiction, life-lessons, small-town-story

57 likes

#23

“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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#24

“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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#25

“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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#26

“Money is a tool, never the master. A Wealthy Soul uses money to serve God and people, not the other way around.”
― Dr. James Rachor, Wealthy Soul: A Guide to a Thriving Life with Meaning, Peace and Abundance

tags: biblical-money, christian, christian-living, faith-and-finances, faith-based-books, financial-wisdom, generous-living, kingdom-purpose, money-mindset, purposeful-wealth

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#27

“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

115 likes

#28

“Attached to each arm, as well as the skirt, they looked like an attempt to grow wings. ”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

tags: art-and-magic, ballet-aesthetic, dark-fairytale-vibes, goodreads-quotes, lyrical-prose, urban-fantasy, witchy-mystery

193 likes

#29

“He smelled of rain, as if he had blown in on the wind, thought Mary.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

tags: moody-fiction

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#30

“If it’s the next storm, perhaps it’s going the other way.” “Goddess, I hope so,” said Dorothy, grimacing at her tea. ”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

tags: found-family, hope-in-darkness, stormy-reads, tea-and-books, urban-fantasy, weekend-read, witchy-mystery

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