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“Each thinking mind is a political mind.”
― Zaman Ali, HUMANITY Understanding Reality and Inquiring Good

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“Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!”
― Mark A. Cooper, Operation Einstein

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“Never say more than is necessary.”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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“She craved a tall glass of the fresh-squeezed lemonade from the pitcher she’d left chilling in the fridge. Two glasses served with a generous slice of pound cake with orange glaze icing sounded twice as nice.”
― Ed Lynskey, Fur the Win

tags: cozies, cozy, cozy-mysteries, cozy-mystery, humor, mysteries-cozy, romance, whodunit, women-sleuths

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“God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

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