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Xiveri Mates: A SciFi Alien Romance Collection (Books 4-6 with Pocket Dictionary) (Xiveri Mates Collections Book 2)

by Elizabeth Stephens (Goodreads Author)

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“A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to try to join it.”
― Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton

tags: history, man, woman, writing

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“Loving, worshipping, and bowing down to folks who harmed you was written into the genes of all animal creatures. To be alive meant to lust after connection, and better to have one with the enemy than with no one at all. A baby's fingers and mouth grasp on instinct.”
― Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland

tags: domestic-violence, loss

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“Broken glass still sparkles when the light hits it. It might even look like diamonds or chandeliers’ jewels. It’s still ruined and in need of repair. Time will fix it, if you live free.”
― Vanessa Riley, Island Queen

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“Sometimes, being convenient instead of real was exhausting. So maybe from now on, she’d stop.”
― Talia Hibbert, Act Your Age, Eve Brown

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“The secret ain’t about the motor. That’s part of it, yeah, but that ain’t the main thing. The real thing, the thing most people don’t want to talk about, is how you drive. If you drive like you scared, you gonna lose. If you drive like you don’t want to have to rebuild the whole engine, you gonna lose. You gotta drive like don’t nothing else matter except getting to that line. Drive like you fucking stole it.”
― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland

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