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“We make a home for ourselves, every time we work on something: actors, writers, singers, building these little nests in our gypsy souls, in place of the ones we so seldom seem to make in our own lives. And then suddenly it's over, and we have to start again.”
― Alan Brennert

tags: creativity, imagination, writers, writing

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“Isa rolled her eyes. “Are you serious? You’re the only person I know who’d get upset that the FBI’s not watching him.”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

tags: alienation, artistic-sacrifice, bittersweet, courage, dramatic, historical-romance, lush, political-violence, postcolonial-literature, social-commentary

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“Be tough as a wolf lest wolves eat you.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

tags: combat, cross-border, ex-soldier, hero, high-adrenaline, layered-plot, nerve-jangling, political-tension, shadowy-past, truth-seeker

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“I don't think he ever gave a thought to other people's opinions, which was just as well because they were often unkind”
― James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small

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“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: misery-loves-company, reflection

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