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Clarence Preiss

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Clarence’s Quotes

“Most cities are like deserts: concrete and steel, dust and ash, rusty detritus in the outskirts, the occasional oasis.”
― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity

tags: adultfiction, atmospheric, cityascharacter, darkhumor, desertnoir, financialfiction, literarysatire

40 likes

“More yelling rolled out amid crashing sounds of a fight, the flat at the back of the stage swayed, the actors exchanged frightened looks, and the curtain abruptly fell.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, insight, mystery, profound, unpredictable

26 likes

“about flying out to see her. Don’t tell your”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

9 likes

“We must remain ever vigilant… We have to present a united solid front as a determined people.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

tags: civicresolve, community, control, determination, historicalfiction, readerscommunity, unity, vietnamwar, vigilance

2 likes

“MYSTERY HAD SWIRLED around the Congo River since 1482 when Diogo Cão, a Portuguese mariner, became the first white man to set eyes on it.”
― Tim Butcher, Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

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