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#1

“I had come to Europe looking to learn about love and life—and men.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

tags: adult-romance, book-quotes, coming-of-age, love-and-life, self-discovery, travel-reads, wanderlust-books

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#2

“After wriggling over multiple keys, Anna shut the computer as if locking away an explosive device.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

tags: modern-gothic, mystery-thriller, page-turner-moment, suspense-vibes, tech-and-tension, urban-fantasy, witchy-mystery

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#3

“Few comprehend celibacy. ”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: adult-themes, character-study, fantasy, identity, inner-life, introspection, loneliness, quiet-pain

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#4

“The grass was plush under his feet as he flew down the right flank of the field.”
― J L MARRAIN, THE GRIDD: PERILS OF THE LIGHTHOLDER

tags: action, adventure, book-quotes, character-driven, determination, fantasy, page-turner, ya-reads

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#5

“If an enemy ship cannot be taken over by our own crews, it must be sunk! There is to be no deviation from that!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Full Story of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion

tags: decisive, earlymedieval, militaryhistory, navalhistory, rulesofengagement, strategy

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#6

“The city centre was still crawling with Christmas shoppers looking to add to their already burgeoning piles of gifts. To Scott they were like ants at a picnic, teeming from store to store, trailing oversized carrier bags and infants behind them as they went. Scott felt alien in this environment; pulling up his hood he hurried through the crowds, dodging pushchairs, lit cigarettes and charity collection tins.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: christmas, resentment, youth

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#7

“There is some evidence that Huma Abedin knew that her husband continued his sexting compulsion, even after quitting Congress in disgrace. She blamed herself for bailing out of couples counseling, according to friends quoted in the New York Post.”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

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#8

“This statement of the jurors’ sense of justice may be the most succinct and forthright declaration of white privilege and racial paternalism I have ever heard.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: book-discussion, cultural-critique, justice-reform, legal-system, memoir, nonfiction, race-in-america, social-justice, thought-provoking, white-privilege

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#9

“It was the height of insanity, but he wanted to protect his true identity from people who might cause him harm until he was sure of things”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

tags: identity, protect-yourself, science-fiction, secrets, survival-mode, thriller-tension, trus-tno-one

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#10

“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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#11

“Standing before her was the eleven-feet tall by fifteen-feet wide masterpiece, encased in a modern steel frame and protected behind glass.”
― Rich DiSilvio, The Arnolfini Art Mysteries

tags: art-in-fiction, art-lovers, book-quotes, gallery-vibes, immersive-reads, masterpiece-moment, museum-mystery, visual-writing

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#12

“Indeed, to know is something that pleases talkers and boasters, but to do is that which pleases God. Not”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

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#13

“And you're worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?”
“That's right,” I answered immediately, hiding my surprise at his casual use of the word.
He shook his head. “You're incredible.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

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#14

“Besides, no one can keep me away from my fish. Thank you, by the way, for the crate of fish you left for me. They are a delight. Come, let us go down to the sea.”
― Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures

tags: fish, fossils, friends

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#15

“The struggle doesn’t end just because you know the way. That’s when it’s only beginning.”
― Paullina Simons, The Summer Garden

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#16

“As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where he went to nursery school. His family left there in the midsixties and moved to the Congo. After that, it was Ethiopia, and then Somalia, all fine places in his opinion.
'Let's save Africa and the Middle East for when I decide to quit living,' I said.”
― David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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