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Deanna Raybourn
“Because there is no power on earth that could make me abandon our friendship. There is no deed you could confess so dark that it would make me forsake you. You said of us once that we were quicksilver and the rest of the world mud. We are alike, shaped by Nature in the same mold, and whatever that signifies, it means that to spurn each other would be to spit in the face of whatever deity has seen fit to bring us together. We are the same, and to leave you would be to leave myself.”
Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse

Deanna Raybourn
“Do you know what sort of trouble you are courting?”
“Courting?” I gave him a scornful look. “I married it long ago. As our favorite detective, Arcadia Brown, would say to her faithful Garvin, ‘Excelsior!”
Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse

Nellie Bly
“Another thing quite as noticeable, I had more men try to get up a flirtation with me while I was a box-factory girl than I ever had before. The girls were nice in their manners and as polite as ones reared at home. They never forgot to thank one another for the slightest service, and there was quite a little air of "good form" in many of their actions. I have seen many worse girls in much higher positions than the white slaves of New York.”
Nellie Bly, Ten Days in a Mad-House

Deanna Raybourn
“Boys!” I said sharply. “There will be no brawling with your shirts on. Kindly remove your upper garments and give them into my keeping.” Both men turned to look at me, wearing identical expressions of astonishment. Mornaday spoke first. “I beg your pardon?” I adopted my best nanny tone—one that I had used with excellent results to bring unruly suitors to heel. “You cannot strike an opponent properly while hampered by a tight coat,” I pointed out. “Or a fitted waistcoat. And white does show the blood so badly. The shirt must come off as well.” I put out my hands. “Come on, then. Shirts off, both of you. Shall you fight to first blood or unconsciousness? I always think first blood is a little lacking. Let’s go until one of you is entirely senseless, shall we?”
Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse

“Live in the now and be happy about what you do have, not about what you could have.”
Joakim Palmkvist, The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator

25x33 Historical Novel Lovers — 38 members — last activity Jun 26, 2021 02:43PM
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187619 Silent Book Club — 333 members — last activity Dec 14, 2019 06:42AM
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1046648 Tall Poppy Writers 2020 READING CHALLENGE — 132 members — last activity May 13, 2021 01:59PM
Do you love Tall Poppy books? Then you're in the right place! For the 2020 Tall Poppy Reading Challenge, members will read and review as many of the T ...more
1179572 HeyitsCarlyRae Book Club — 111 members — last activity Aug 30, 2022 04:57PM
Hey Everyone! This is my official HeyitsCarlyRae Book Club on Goodreads! I want to hear from all of you! Post your past reads, current reads, upcoming ...more
25x33 Grand Rapids Nonfiction History Book Club — 4 members — last activity Feb 23, 2026 07:42AM
We meet in person in Grand Rapids, MI once a month. We have been meeting since 2018 at Schuler Books. We cover most continents throughout the year and ...more
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