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Caron Affeld

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“Language was like clothes; it could be a help to one, or it could give one away. But the most important thing was that one should not pretend to be what one was not.”
― Willa Cather

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“Yet I have gained nothing with material riches and leave it all behind for others, for the only possessions I will take with me on my journey are my memories and my deeds, and with these I shall be judged.”
― Jana Petken, The Guardian of Secrets

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“Well, here’s the shocker,” said Kirby. “Majors Miller and McKinsey believe our former Captain Paul Remmich is acting as a spy for the Iraqi government.”
― Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

tags: cia, cold-war, conflict, government, identity, iraq, jeopardy, military, series, spy

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“Marco would much rather wait, buy his mother a lovely house and then bring Isabela to visit, allowing his poverty to take on a romantic tinge, something from the past, roots safely buried.”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

tags: 1920s, ambition-vs-principle, double-life, historical-upheaval, literary-fiction, nostalgia, poignant, puerto-rico, sacrifice, urban-poverty

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“Nothing can invade our being without our permission. It is energetically impossible. We can be confident in our eternal being of infinite abilities of every kind, limited only by our imagination, emotional spectrum and personal beliefs and perspectives. These are all things that can be resolved, as our conscious awareness greatly expands in understanding and can create experiences in the spectrum of beauty, joy and love.”
― Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness