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#1

“What lies within the purlieu of the null? This is like asking the true names of the gods, or what force decimated the Tamesian land bridge. That response will differ depending upon the one providing the answer. In essence, the purlieu of the null is a plane of existence absent the encumbrance of space or time. It’s a realm of everything and nothing…of beings who are and are not: ubiquitous within the confines of mortality. The Nyeshetari aren’t as creatures of myth and tales, they’re the embodiment of maleficence, beset upon the mortal world to consume all that we are…all that we could become.”
― Aaron-Michael Hall, Tamesa: A Divided World: Epic Fantasy

tags: epic-fantasy

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#2

“Toni's Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic...you! As soon as you let doubt creep in---you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow.”
― C.Toni Graham

tags: affirmations, author, c-toni-graham, commitment, inspirational, ya-author

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#3

“I hope these words will be of some help and comfort to those who read them.
Nobody knows when they will be tested and there are no right or wrong answers, we are all of us lost when tragedy comes to call. All we can ever do is to be there, give love and do the best we can, often that is all it needs.”
― Peter B. Forster, More Than Love, A Husband's Tale

tags: heartwarming-moments

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#4

“It’s in English,” I call out as it comes into focus. “It says ‘Made in China.’” At first Sister Loretta thinks I must be wrong, but when she sees the words for herself, she explains to us that God anticipated that the Communists in China would create technology that makes medals, rosaries, and plastic figurines really cheaply, and He was ready to temporarily forgive them for not being a democracy and for being pagans if they were willing to sell these holy goods to us at a fantastic discount, which shows us that God, like everyone else, goes out of His way to get a good deal on something He really needs. Who doesn’t like a bargain?”
― Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood

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#5

“It's hard to know which ways to be strong.”
― Ally Condie, Matched

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#6

“I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.”
― L.J. Smith

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#7

“Where are you from, Hadrian?” “Hintindar originally—a little village south of here in Rhenydd.” “Originally? What’s that supposed to mean? You got yourself born someplace else recently?”
― Michael J. Sullivan, The Crown Tower

tags: hadrian

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#8

“Schizophrenia”
― Tara Westover, Educated

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#9

“Vampire females are as good as extinct.”
Thad was aghast. “No females?”
Natalya patted his shoulder. “You can date other species, Tiger. Don’t you worry. I’ve already thought of some ladies to relieve you of your big V. One’s a nymph—”
“Over my dead body,” Regin said. “Two-bit hookers, every one of them.”
Thad scratched his head. “Mr. Lothaire said every male needed a purring nymph or two chained to the foot of his
bed. As pets.”
Natalya gasped. “All right, lad, no more talking to Lothaire.”
― Kresley Cole, Dreams of a Dark Warrior

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#10

“We were to be like long vines with entwined roots, like trees that stand a thousand years, like a pair of mandarin ducks mated for life”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

tags: lily

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#11

“Yes, there what we would consider ‘emergent circumstances.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Accused

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#12

“Once a man is convinced to believe the impossible, it’s impossible to make him disbelieve it.”
― Brent Weeks, The Blood Mirror

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#13

“We have Kenjii. We have my cell phone. Since we aren't officially dating, I'm sure you'll agree that's all the protection we need.”
― Kelly Armstrong

tags: darkness-rising, the-gathering

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#14

“She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.

The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.”
― Lauren Oliver, Panic

tags: bravery, moving-on, time-passing

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#15

“Mallory, I've loved you from the very second I saw you. The very second. There was no hesitation from my heart that day, and I knew I had to make you mine. I may have gone about it a bit differently then some men would have, but I wouldn't change anything since it lead me to you.”
― Alexa Riley, Everything for Her

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#16

“Come away with me and be my wife.” She gave a harsh laugh. “If you want a wife, send for one by mail, or wait for the next wagon train to cross the mountains.” He came toward her. “I can give you a good life. I don’t care how you got here or where you’ve been before. Come with me now.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

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#17

“I look at people who aren’t us and I hate them.”
― Kristin Hannah, Night Road

tags: grief

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#18

“magic swirls about us like an invisible fog of energy that can be tapped by those gifted enough, using a variety of techniques that center on layered spelling, mumbled incantations, and a burst of concentrated thought channeled through the index fingers. The technical name for this energy is "variable electro-gravitational mutable subatomic force," which doesn't mean anything at all--confused scientists just gave it an important-sounding name so as not to lose face. The usual term is "wizidrical energy," or simply "the crackle.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Song of the Quarkbeast

tags: fantasy, jasper-fforde, magic, ya

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#19

“Aren't you afraid of dying?" he asked Lila now.
She looked at him as if it were a strange question. And then she shook her head. "Death comes for everyone," she said simply. "I'm not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here." She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. "I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

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#20

“An image of Sydney's face appeared in my mind's eye, calm and lovely.
I believe in you.
My anxiety faded.
I took a deep breath and met the gazes of all those watching me in the room.
Who was I to do this?
I was Adrian Ivashkov.
And I was about to kick some ass.”
― Richelle Mead, The Fiery Heart

tags: adrian-ivashkov, bloodlines-series, richelle-mead, sydney-sage, sydrian, the-fiery-heart

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#21

“I'm an angel not a frickin' saint.”
― J.R. Ward, Covet

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#22

“Now, are you happy? Have you finally achieved all you set out to do? What will you do next, little assassin, with no one left to see you?"

- One Thousand Journeys of Al Akhar, various authors”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

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#23

“Lana says J.P. makes Matt Damon from the Bourne movies look like Oliver from Hannah Montana”
― Meg Cabot, Forever Princess

tags: journal, princess

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#24

“The conversation had left her feeling more disturbed than ever. She had bared her soul about the tragic death of her parents and its effect on her, a topic she was”
― Sandra Brown, Mean Streak: Preview

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#25

“When I used to picture forever, it was always with the same boy. In my dreams, my future was set. A sure thing. This isn’t the way I’d pictured it. … The future is unclear. But it’s still mine.”
― Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

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#26

“James Ed went to his office and sat down at his small, metal desk. He smiled as he considered Penny Jones’ plan to shame him out of her life. Would he let her do that? He shook his head as he thought, No way in hell!”
― Shafter Bailey

tags: accountability-measures, bipartisan-efforts, educational-innovation, educational-legacy, educational-traditions, equity, legislative-reform, political-ethics, school-districts, social-justice

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#27

“This acute, “a selfdissolving contradiction,” Marx had very precisely seen and foreseen that “it establishes a monopoly in certain spheres and thereby requires state interference.” This contradiction “reproduces a new financial aristocracy” (how much Marx was right!), no matter it will call itself Communist Party of Soviet Union or DuPont Financial Circle. It reproduces “a new variety of parasites . . . , a whole system of swindling and cheating by means of corporation promotion, stock issuance, and stock speculation.”
― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

tags: analysis, communism, dictatorship, economy, effective, monopolistic, myth, non-fiction, oppression, political-ideology

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#28

“The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

tags: action, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, historical-fantasy, magic, thriller, urban-fantasy, ya-paranormal

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#29

“Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: life, philosophical, philosophical-musings

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#30

“As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning blow!” (Giap, 1990)”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

tags: american-army, commandos, defence, division, french-army, helpless, invasion, political, special-forces, war

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