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Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall (Goodreads Author)

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Shivers

by Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author)

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Takers by Jake Troxell

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He watched the bonfire’s smoke rise into the sky and wondering if his dad was being cremated as he sat there.

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“I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

tags: truth

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“Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle.”
― Jim Thompson

tags: noir

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“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
― Willa Cather

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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