Leon Bazil

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Leon’s Quotes

“Do you think we would eat supper and not include the children. No child goes hungry when I’m around.”
― R. Gerry Fabian, Just Out Of Reach

tags: bittersweet, flawed-characters, generational-homes, golden-summer-days, moral-dilemmas, navigating-adolescence, reflective-fiction, trust, understanding-others, warm-tone

39 likes

“He grabbed her arm and karate-chopped her wrist to force the weapon out of her hand. She lost her balance and fell backward, but he kept a grip on her.”
― Karl Braungart, Triple Deception

tags: crime, dramatic, fiction-novel, gambling, gripping, murder, mystery, thrilling, violence

26 likes

“It is weird that the same two parents can come together and make two such different people.”
― Sara Pascoe, Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

317 likes

“The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew tea for the cooks. Windows are open to counter the heat of the ovens. Outside, the sky is as black as my soul.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: adventure, drama, engaging, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery

831 likes

“Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the drink in one gulp. Burping unashamedly, she said, "We can't have the validity of the marriage contracts jeopardized because the bride got rat-assed on her wedding day.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

tags: adventure, cult, death, drama, dystopian, fiction, future, mystery, sci-fi

1077 likes

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