Omar Walla

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“If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.”
― Wilson Mizner

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“He glared at her. "Aye, and you shall be the best cabin boy I have ever had or I will feed you to the sharks. Savvy?" He turned and stomped back to the
ship”
― Bev Stout, Secrets of the Realm

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“Hours passed—or maybe days. It didn’t matter. The body adapted. But the mind—
The mind needed purpose.
”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel

tags: complexity, dark-humour, drama, dramatic, emotionally-charged, fiction, heart-wrenching, human-fragility, intrigue, thriller

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“Why is it that good times aren't permitted to last? Especially when we have put in so much time and effort, as these two had? It is as if enjoying the fruits of our labours is one of life's luxuries that we are not permitted to indulge for too long - one day we have summer sun and the next winter storms !”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

tags: effort, everything-changes, everything-changes-in-a-moment, fruits-of-labor, good-times, maximum-effort, not-permitted, nothing-is-easy, nothing-is-for-sure, nothing-is-permanent, nothing-lasts-for-long, nothing-lasts-forever, summer-sun, winter-storms

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“But the Danaan princes and Agamemnon’s battalions, soon as they saw the man and his arms flashing amid the glom, trembled with mighty fear; some turn to flee, as of old they sought the ships; some raise a shout – faintly; the cry essayed mocks their gaping mouths.”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

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