Ellis Poledore

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“Dar porțile de fier din toate gările erau deja zăvorâte și păzite de soldați. Mulțimea se agăța de bare, le zgâlțâia, apoi se retrăgea în dezordine pe străzile vecine. Femeile fugeau plângând, cu copiii în brațe. Erau oprite ultimele taxiuri. Li se ofereau două, trei mii de franci ca să părăsească Parisul. <> Dar șoferii refuzau, nu mai aveau benzină.”
― Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française

tags: refugees, refugiați, wwii, wwii-france, wwii-history-casualty

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“Anika nodded, reflecting on her situation as the sirens grew louder. She had some time, but cops, hurricanes, and jealous women weren’t the party favors she’d expected for her homecoming parade.”
― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen: A Small-Town Political Thriller

tags: betrayal, drama, excitement, fiction-novel, investigation, mysterious, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller

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“Time is the narrator of life. Without Time speaking, nothing would exist.”
― Frank Lambert, Ghost Doors

tags: action, drama, fantasy, fiction, ghost-stories, paranormal, teen-ya, thrilling, underworld, young-adult

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“He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire."
"And you? What are your plans?"
"I have no plans to kill your father.”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

tags: action-packed, aliens, compelling, dry, earth, fast-paced, humans, humour, intrigue, mission

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“She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey