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#1

“withered vine memories hang from the old house do i exist?  who’s asking”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: existential, identity, introspective, literary-poetry, memory, natureimage, poetry, quiet-intensity

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#2

“forget what you know”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: fresh-start, micro-poetry, mindfulness, minimalist-poetry, poetry, poetry-lovers, reflective-reads, zen-vibes

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#3

“plastic flowers beside the highway middle of somewhere”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: americana, found-poetry, imagery, melancholy-beauty, modern-poetry, poetry, roadside, small-town-vibes

21 likes

#4

“drunk on dreams aged in memory’s casks the soul gets what the heart wants”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: dream-logic, emotional-truth, inner-life, longing, memory, poetry, poetry-readers, slow-reads

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#5

“ramshackle barn sunbeams play while they can”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: haiku-inspired, hope, impermanence, nature-light, poetry, quiet-joy, seasonal-reads, simple-beauty

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#6

“hanging at the corner of then and now the everything”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: meditative, minimalism, now-and-then, philosophical, poetry, poetry-quotes, presence, time

21 likes

#7

“used enlightenment as-is needs work”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: dark-humor, poetry, relatable, self-aware, short-poems, spiritual-but-real, wit, zen-humor

15 likes

#8

“je m’ouvre no clock ticks true time there are no defects”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: affirmation, gentle-wisdom, healing, inner-peace, mindfulness, minimalist, poetry, self-acceptance

18 likes

#9

“picasso pieces in the broken mirror of me”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

tags: art-metaphor, emotional-poetry, fragmented-self, healing-journey, identity, modern-verse, poetry, self-reflection

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#10

“Like Hebrew, Greek is an emotional language—a language of the heart. Latin, not as much.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

tags: ancient-world, biblical-fiction, book-quotes, heart-over-logic, historical-fiction, language-love, readers-who-love-words, thought-provoking

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#11

“Eight, Rabban.” Simeon proceeded to list and define all eight words, focusing on philautia, unique to the Greek, meaning the love of oneself that is essential to the health of both mind and body.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

tags: biblical-fiction, greek-language, historical-fiction, inner-health, learning, readers-who-love-words, self-love, thought-provoking, wisdom

12 likes

#12

“All right, see you then. Auwaa” — peace, said King Kaskae.”
― J.L. Marrain, The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder

tags: adventure-reads, culture-and-language, fantasy, found-family, hopeful-moments, new-worlds, portal-fantasy, ya

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#13

“Someday, you will see that you are capable and strong enough to live all on your own. But for now, you needn’t worry. Your Nonna has enough snap in her, and you will stay right here where I can protect you.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: coming-of-age, found-family, heartfelt-fiction, historical-fiction, protection, resilience, women-supporting-women

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#14

“Nonna was steady and safe and always took a strong lead.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: comfort-read, coming-of-age, found-family, grandmother-bond, historical-fiction, resilience, women-supporting-women

198 likes

#15

“The moisture in the air sat in the crevices of storefront windows, like the tears that welled in the corners of her dark brown eyes.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: coming-of-age, emotional-reads, grief, historical-fiction, lyrical-prose, strong-heroine, venice

443 likes

#16

“The sky was stark, stale, and gray. The air, cold.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: atmospheric, coming-of-age, historical-fiction, italian-history, literary-setting, venice, winter-mood

172 likes

#17

“It hardly felt real that she was gone, though the heavy pain Agata had carried for weeks reminded her, sitting like too many sweets in her stomach; that and the black fabric, the black everywhere.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: coming-of-age, emotional-reads, grief, healing-journey, historical-fiction, loss, lyrical-prose

176 likes

#18

“After all her years in the Pietà, she had learned the greatest gift she could give them was dispensing words of encouragement that prodded them forward.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: heartfelt-fiction, historical-fiction, mentorship, pieta, purpose, resilience, women-supporting-women

168 likes

#19

“He didn’t give a damn for the defeatist Kennedy, or indeed for that stuffed-shirt Chamberlain, whom Hitler had comprehensively hoodwinked. Nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim. No doubt Joan’s fate would seem unimportant in the greater scheme of things whenever the Luftwaffe got round to bombing London, but that was nothing to him. It was his job to seek out the truth behind her death, regardless.”
― Mark Ellis, Princes Gate

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#20

“There was no room for any more self-pity.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: character-quote, crime, goodreads-quotes, historical-mystery, mystery, mystery-novels, mystery-suspense, resilience, wartime-fiction

52 likes

#21

“Don’t think I don’t appreciate the sentiments but if I lose any more of my best officers, chaos will ensue – and chaos, Frank, is worth a hundred divisions to Herr Hitler.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: historical-crime, home-front-fiction, moral-pressure, mystery, mystery-thriller, police-procedural, wartime-thriller, wwii, wwii-history, wwii-reads

54 likes

#22

“Sporadically cars drove past him, their drivers groping their way through the treacly darkness with blinkered headlights.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: crime-fiction, crime-thriller, historical-fiction, historical-thriller, london, thriller, war-time

56 likes

#23

“Suddenly out of the cold came a discordant burst of colour.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: atmospheric-reads, book-quotes, crime, historical-crime-story, historical-fiction, historical-mystery, mystery, war-time

47 likes

#24

“Cary Grant or was it Errol Flynn – said – ‘A good martini is like a woman’s breast: one is too few and three are too many’.”
― Mark Ellis, Princes Gate

56 likes

#25

“Looking for missing persons in London had become a nightmare since the war started.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: crime, crime-fiction, crimes-against-humanity, historical-crime-story, police-procedural, ww2, ww2-history

56 likes

#26

“A young life full of possibilities snuffed out meaninglessly.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: crime-fiction, crime-fiction-thriller, crime-thriller, crimes-against-humanity, murder-mystery, murder-mystery-novel, thought-provoking, thriller, thrillers-mystery

53 likes

#27

“Absolutely nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: crime, crime-fiction, crime-thriller, crimes-against-humanity, historical-crime, justice, justice-system, moral-duty, quotes

54 likes

#28

“It was his job to seek out the truth behind her death, regardless.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: crime-fiction, crime-thriller, detective-fiction, detectives, historical-mystery, justice, mystery-novels, mystery-suspense, mystery-thriller, police-procedural

57 likes

#29

“He was probably wasting his time, but a capacity for idle curiosity was no handicap for a policeman.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: character-voice, crime-fiction, crime-reads, crime-thriller, detective-fiction, detective-novel, dry-wit, historical-mystery, mystery-suspense, police-procedural

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