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Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) by Jeaniene Frost

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“You’re dead and you’re still an alcoholic. That’s so dysfunctional.”

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“Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
― Henry Adams

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“Z: "You know, this was a hell of a lot easier when you were out cold in the back of that truck."

Phury: "That was you?"

Z:"You think it was Santa Claus or some shit?”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Awakened

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“If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia

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“If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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