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    Lea Charles
    “Upon arriving at the murder scene, they saw Deputy Sheriff Peewee Stubblefield pacing back and forth on the front walk. He stopped and smirked as Sheriff Roosevelt Baker braked the patrol car. He emitted a noise sounding more like a groan than a sigh.”
    ― lea charles, Easy Peasy: An Appalachian Town Diner Cozy Mystery
    tags: cozy-mystery, humor, mystery-suspense, romance
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    “How could the death of someone you had never met affect you so?”
    ― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling
    tags: death, jofer
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    “The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.”
    ― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling
    tags: dead, death
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    “How easy it was to capitalize on a person’s own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to stand back and shrug and agree that it had been the inevitable result of a chaotic, catastrophic life.”
    ― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling
    tags: jofer, life
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    James Bowen
    “Cats are notoriously picky about who they like. And if a cat doesn’t like its owner it will go and find another one. Cats do that all the time.”
    ― James Bowen, A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life
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    Lori Lansens
    “Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.”
    ― Lori Lansens, The Girls
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    Laurie Notaro
    “I need to learn to recognize and identify these danger signs when I see them, and not brush them off as "eccentricities," "lovable oddities," or "a sign that he s crying out for help and the comforting of a codependent nurturer that only I, Princess Enabler, can provide. Bad boyfriends don't disguise themselves; their girlfriends do it for them. ”
    ― Laurie Notaro, Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
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    Amy Schumer
    “Being an introvert doesn’t mean you’re shy. It means you enjoy being alone. Not just enjoy it—you need it. If you’re a true introvert, other people are basically energy vampires. You don’t hate them; you just have to be strategic about when you expose yourself to them—like the sun. They give you life, sure, but they can also burn you and”
    ― Amy Schumer, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
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    P.D. Workman
    “To shock those who didn't know and acknowledge those who have been shocked.”
    ― P. D. Workman
    tags: autism, autistic
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    P.D. Workman
    “Without the ginger kitten, she would have been left with her own thoughts all night, worrying about what was going to happen at her police interview the next day. As it was, she seemed to fly from one kitten exploit to another. Was it any wonder that ‘catastrophe’ started with ‘cat’?”
    ― P.D. Workman, Gluten-Free Murder
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    P.D. Workman
    “She knew that she should; it was the only way to integrate the nightmares with her logical daytime thoughts. The therapists she had seen in the past talked about exposing her fears to the light of day, desensitizing herself so that she could handle the feelings and work through them.”
    ― P.D. Workman, Santa Shortbread
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    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: sacrifice
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    Mother Teresa
    “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
    ― Mother Teresa
    tags: change, community, incrementalism, misattributed-to-mother-teresa, world, yourself
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Wil Wheaton
    “Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.”
    ― Wil Wheaton, Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise
    tags: growth, inspirational
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    Wil Wheaton
    “Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.”
    ― Wil Wheaton
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    Wil Wheaton
    “Things every person should have:

    •A nemesis.
    •An evil twin.
    •A secret headquarters.
    •An escape hatch.
    •A partner in crime.
    •A secret identity.”
    ― Wil Wheaton
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    Matt Haig
    “I loved her, instantly. Of course, most parents love their children instantly. But I mention it here because I still find it a remarkable thing. Where was that love before? Where did you acquire it from? The way it is suddenly there, total and complete, as sudden as grief, but in reverse, is one of the wonders about being human.”
    ― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time
    tags: child, fatherhood, love, motherhood, parenthood, parenting
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    Abhijit Naskar
    “If you can't afford to give your child the right to pursue their dreams, you have no right to breed.”
    ― Abhijit Naskar, Monk Meets World
    tags: brainy-quotes, children, fatherhood, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, parenting-101, parenting-children, parenting-quotes, raising-children
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    Jojo Moyes
    “You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
    ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
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    Jojo Moyes
    “Push yourself. Don't Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.”
    ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
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    Jojo Moyes
    “Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.”
    ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
    tags: mistakes
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    Nanci Rathbun
    “There's no point in wasting calories on cheap chocolate, always opt for the darkest and richest.”
    ― Nanci Rathbun, Truth Kills
    tags: chocolate, humor
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    Nanci Rathbun
    “The beauty of being a woman, as the French say, "of a certain age", is that I can be invisible. Young people, both men and women, look right through me, unless I make the effort to be noticed.”
    ― Nanci Rathbun, Truth Kills
    tags: truth-of-life
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    Nanci Rathbun
    “Milwaukee has more bars and more churches per capita than almost any other city in North America. I'm not sure if there's a relationship in that. Does too much prayer cause you to drink? Or vice versa?”
    ― Nanci Rathbun, Truth Kills
    tags: bars, churches, humor, truth
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    Julia Quinn
    “You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.”
    ― Julia Quinn
    tags: romance, writing
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    Julia Quinn
    “Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known.”
    ― Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me
    tags: bridgerton, love, marriage
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    Julia Quinn
    “She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.”
    ― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
    tags: unrequited-love
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
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