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Cath Russell

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“What happened to teenagers? It was the weirdest thing. One minute they were all cuddly children wanting attention, the next it was like you had just stepped out of the grave and they couldn’t get away from you fast enough.”
― Rona Halsall, One Mistake

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“As women gain rights, families flourish, and so do societies. That connection is built on a simple truth: Whenever you include a group that's been excluded, you benefit everyone. And when you're working globally to include women and girls, who are half of every population, you're working to benefit all members of every community. Gender equity lifts everyone. Women's rights and society's health and wealth rise together.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

tags: empowering-women, feminism, gender-equity

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“As a fellow Wehrmacht soldier and war veteran, he feels great sympathy for this man. Postwar Germany had little time for its veterans, wanting to bury the shame in denial.”
― Tim Wickenden, Angel Avenger: A Max Becker Thriller

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“Life is capricious; one moment you're high on a mountain peak with flag in hand, the next you're clinging to an icy ledge by your fingertips.”
― Kevin Ansbro

tags: ambition, destiny, expectations, fate, fate-quotes, kismet, life-goals, life-philosophy, life-quotes, luck-of-the-draw

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“Reading historical fiction from a very young age, fired my imagination. I loved the history, the development of the characters and almost always, the romance filling the many pages. I try to write with feeling and compassion, of a world as I would like it to be, with adventure, suspense and, of course, romance. I'm a sucker for a love story, and what's a love story without a few tears. I think they are always good for the soul. As the author, I am in complete control of my work and with everything I write, I let the words flow from my heart. Very few days go by that I don't get an idea arising from a historical event and say: 'What If? ...”
― Sheldon Friedman

tags: the-satin-sash, the-silk-swan, the-velvet-prison

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