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Mark Alpheus

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Mark is Currently Reading

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The First Impulse

by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

bookshelves: currently-reading, owned, non-fic, filipino-author

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Jan 02, 2026 07:13PM

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The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)

by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, owned, 3-mystery-thriller, 2-adult, 1-red-covers

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Oct 24, 2025 07:04AM

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Accidents Happen and Other Stories

by F.H. Batacan

bookshelves: currently-reading, filipino-author, short-story-collection

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Mark’s Quotes

“I can't imagine a world where the man holding a sword does not have the last say over the man without one.”
― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

34 likes

“To my thinking, though, it's what happens before death that's important. All of us die. How many really live?”
― John Gwynne, Wrath

72 likes

“Family. Friendship. Loyalty. These things have been my guiding stars, my light in these dark times.”
― John Gwynne, Ruin

tags: family, friendship, loyalty

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“He was not the strongest, the quickest, or the most talented, not by any measure. He knew this and knew he could not control this. However, he could control his effort, the work he put in, and there he would not be beaten.”
― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

tags: desire, hard-work, overcome, passion, persevere, promise, strength, struggle, talent

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“The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve.”
― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

tags: challenge, difficulty, effort, hardship, perseverance, price, struggle, work

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