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#1

“Being born upside-down was just the first irony in Suzanne's life, a forewarning that her struggle with existence had just begun.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: characterdriven, comingofage, existentialfiction, historicalfiction, literaryfiction, readerswhofeeldeeply

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#2

“In this town very little's changed and I'm afraid it never will.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: bookclubreads, civilrightsera, historicalfiction, justiceandmercy, smalltownsecrets, southernfiction

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#3

“ There are some sins that can never be forgiven, for to do so would be to commit a far greater sin.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: faithanddoubt, guiltandgrace, justiceandmercy, moraldilemmas, philosophicalfiction, warandaftermath

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#4

“Coincidence is God's way of showing He cares.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: faithanddoubt, fateandchance, literaryfiction, readerswhofeeldeeply, southernfiction

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#5

“ I'm not the one to forgive you, Lois. You have to forgive yourself, and your father.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: familydrama, forgiveness, guiltandgrace, healingjourney, readerswhofeeldeeply, traumaandhealing

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#6

“ It happened every time she painted, when she knew her eyes were seeing something she couldn’t see but was about to come to the canvass, first from wherever and then from her heart and at last from her hands.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: artandsoul, bookclubreads, characterdriven, creativespirits, literaryfiction, readerswhofeeldeeply

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#7

“ It was a letter that described someone’s misfortunes so vividly that the recipient of the letter would feel better about his or her own misfortunes.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: bookclubreads, compassion, epistolaryvibes, philosophicalfiction, readerswhofeeldeeply, traumaandhealing

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#8

“ I loved it best in the winter, especially during what my father called the Harvest Moon, when the tide rises and recedes almost simultaneously.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: atmosphericreads, coastalreads, historicalfiction, literaryfiction, poeticprose, readerswhofeeldeeply

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#9

“ Transported into a world whose existence she'd denied. She found herself in a domain of churchlike stillness where life wasn't bound to the trauma of the past but gave way to the present in a wave of hope that could carry her into a tomorrow where guilt, regret and fear gave way to promise.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: bookclubreads, guiltandgrace, hopefulfiction, mentalhealthinfiction, readerswhofeeldeeply, resilience, traumaandhealing

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#10

“ She'd been freed from weakness by summoning the courage and strength to live and to love. She felt the thrill of freedom, freedom to do as she wished and as she was driven.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: historicalfiction, hopefulfiction, loveaftertrauma, readerswhofeeldeeply, resilience, secondchances, traumaandhealing

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#11

“ When he got to his feet, the miasma lingered. It came to Shane that he could never remove Jesse from his conscience because he would never be able to forgive himself if he did. Without question, there were some sins that could not be forgiven.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: guiltandgrace, historicalfiction, intensereads, moraldilemmas, readerswhofeeldeeply, warandaftermath

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#12

“ How many times had she heard her father tread on the old baseball analogy, if you don't swing at the third strike, there's no chance of hitting the ball.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

tags: baseballbooks, bookclubquotes, comingofage, historicalfiction, lifelessons, readerswhofeeldeeply

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#13

“He was now surrounded by fools, who only stood by his side out of fear or their self-interest to raise their station in the realm.”
― Tony Debajo, A Heart Full of Malice

tags: ambition, court-politics, dark-fantasy, fantasy-quotes, leadership, loyalty-and-betrayal, power-and-fear

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#14

“You could never have influenced the fate of your father; besides, he’d want you to carry his name with honour and dignity.”
― Tony Debajo, A Heart Full of Malice

tags: epic-fantasy, family-bonds, fantasy-quotes, grief-and-healing, honor, legacy, resilience

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#15

“We don’t know what you mean, my dear,” Lydia says sweetly, sitting right next to him.
Atom puts his book down and looks at Steven. “It’s the unsolved blind spot. Nothing is ever ‘in the bag.’ Look, the problem of Pre-Collapse science was that it insisted on patch jobs, like Husserl’s critique of the Surreptitious Substitution and its god-like conceit, while ignoring the absurdity of measurement bias. All scientific inquiry requires an expulsive approach in order to maintain the involvement variable. This is basic stuff.” He then leans back in his comfortable chair and continues hiding behind his book.
“The Riddler has spoken,” Hannah says, moving a bishop forward three squares.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: bigideas, book-nerd, brainy-sci-fi, intellectual-fiction, meta-sci-fi, philosophy-of-science, sci-fi-philosophy, science-talk, smart-books, theory-nerd

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#16

“So, let me get this right. You invented this groundbreaking medical technology that changes the way we literally do everything in trauma and blood, and you are out here, 30.3 light-years away from Earth, on a planet where everyone involved in the Eden project was a hundred percent sure there’d be no DNA, blood, or anything? And now here we are playing with the DNA of an alien race? What is this? What is actually going on here?”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: alien-dna, bio-tech, deep-space, ethics-in-science, first-contact, genetic-engineering, hard-sci-fi, medical-sci-fi, science-gone-wrong, space-exploratio

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#17

“He falls further into darkness. The stinging pain of daily torture and the numbing cold hardly bother him now, and he relishes the thought that soon he might disappear entirely. Then Lylitte is there in his thoughts again, and the splitting pain brings him back into this life, and again, only one thing eases the torment: winding further out of existence.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: broken-heroes, character-driven, dark-sci-fi, descent-into-darkness, existential-fiction, griefin-fiction, mind-and-memory, psychological-sci-fi, survival-story, trauma-in-fiction

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#18

“Clarity of purpose often comes from wandering through mistakes”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: am-writing, author-quotes, creative-process, fail-forward, growth-mindset, revision-life, writer-life, writers-of-instagram, writing-community, writing-quote

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#19

“Did you splice my—DNA?”
Hannah puts her hand on the side of his face and looks him square in the eyes. “Your girlfriend was kind enough to let me pull some marrow from her rib, Romeo.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: biohacking, dna, genetics, lab-life, mad-science, medical-thriller, regenerative-medicine, sci-fi-medicine, stem-cells

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#20

“There once was a dog named Bonnie who had lived in a library since she was a puppy.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

tags: book-lovers, bookish-kids, childrens-books, cozy-reads, library-life, picture-book, read-aloud, storytime

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#21

“Since there are many IE events in Madrid, networking opportunities abound”
― Pilar Calvoz Cordón, Shape Your Path at IE University : What to expect from Spain’s Instituto de Empresa University

tags: career-development, ie-events, madrid-life, networking, nonfiction, professional-growth, student-success

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#22

“Even if you are an introvert, you’ll still find many possibilities for meeting others. Everyone is so welcoming, and you will make friends regardless because the town is small!”
― Pilar Calvoz Cordón, Shape Your Path at IE University : What to expect from Spain’s Instituto de Empresa University

tags: campus-life, ie-university, international-students, introvert-friendly, new-student-tips, nonfiction, student-community

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#23

“Nope, I’m good, thanks.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

tags: book-humor, funny-kids-books, kids-lit, picture-book, read-aloud, reluctant-reader, storytime

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#24

“And on that day I turned thirty and I started to cry. I cried because all I was eating was a bowl of chicken and mustard on my birthday... 'Aren’t I supposed to have it all figured out by now!?”
― Jeff Johns, Jet Lag Junkie: Unfiltered Tales of a Compulsive Wanderer

tags: adulting-struggles, emotional-truth, existential-feels, honest-memoir, life-milestones, messy-life, not-together-yet, real-life-moments, turning-thirty

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#25

“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: character-driven, hard-choices, historical-fantasy, human-nature, leadership-pressure, quote-of-the-day, thought-provoking

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#26

“Nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Zillah. “Things are not meant to be perfect.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: biblical-fiction, historical-fantasy, imperfect-life, life-lessons, perspective-shift, prehistoric-fiction, quote-to-keep, reflective-reads

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#27

“No one is perfect, you know”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: character-driven, found-familyfeels, goodreads-quotes, hardt-ruths, historical-fantasy, quiet-wisdom, reader-reflection

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#28

“A tribe needed many stabilizers, as many as they could get”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: book-club-pick, community-strength, found-family, historical-fantasy, leadership-themes, survival-story, tribal-saga

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#29

“We don’t know, we can only hope and pray”
― Lin Wilder, Plausible Liars: A Dr. Lindsey McCall Medical Mystery 5

tags: book-quote, faith-and-fear, family-drama, heart-in-your-throat, hope-andhealing, medical-thriller, tender-moment

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#30

“No human being should go unaided when it was in her power to aid them. ”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: community, compassion, elder-wisdom, family-loyalty, historical-fantasy, hope, moral-courage, share-worthy

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