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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

by Hilary Mantel

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Restoration (Rai-Kirah, #3)

by Carol Berg (Goodreads Author)

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Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)

by Michael Moorcock

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“it's been almost twelve years since I took a drink, and I'm still struck by disbelief when I see someone with a half-finished glass of wine near at hand. I want to get up, go over, and yell 'Finish that! Why don't you finish that?' into his or her face. I found the idea of social drinking ludicrous - if you didn't want to get drunk, why not have a Coke?”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: addiction, perspective, sobriety

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“In these meetings Palandine was teaching me how to use my eyes and ears in a manner that complemented the teachings of Calyx and Mila.

“And you have to use that wonderful smile of yours more often, Elim.”

“What’s that got to do with listening?”

That was the subject, and Palandine had typically made a jump in logic I couldn’t follow. She also forgot that I was a Cardassian male and smiling was not one of our strong features.”
― Andrew J. Robinson, A Stitch in Time

tags: masking, psychology, sci-fi, secrets, smiling, star-trek, subterfuge

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“I’ve learned over the years that a smile is a much more effective mask than a non-expression. Every non-expression is ultimately nothing but a blank canvas inviting unwanted and revealing expressions to flash into momentary visibility. But if you’re wearing a smile, those more revealing expressions have nowhere to go.”
― Sylvia Mercedes, Entranced

tags: autism, body-language, deception, masking

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“Even evil magicians get up in the night and look for cookies, sometimes.”
― Mercedes Lackey

tags: cookies, evil, humanity

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“I fall. I fall and fall, air whipping my face, my shredded arms and legs. It’s almost a relief. A relief to know that everything is going to end in just another instant, when my body hits the water, when every bone breaks, and I sink beneath the waves. I’ll be dead then, and the pain flaring through my senses from all those deadly cuts will be over. The fear of the future will be over as well, and my ten years of enslavement. All will be done.”
― Sylvia Mercedes, Entranced

tags: acceptance, catharsis, death, falling, fear, relief, time

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