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    Jennifer Wizbowski
    “The moisture in the air sat in the crevices of storefront windows, like the tears that welled in the corners of her dark brown eyes.”
    ― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta
    tags: coming-of-age, emotional-reads, grief, historical-fiction, lyrical-prose, strong-heroine, venice
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    Joseph A. Anderson
    “Clarity of purpose often comes from wandering through mistakes”
    ― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b
    tags: am-writing, author-quotes, creative-process, fail-forward, growth-mindset, revision-life, writer-life, writers-of-instagram, writing-community, writing-quote
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    Behcet Kaya
    “So, wait. Now I’m confused. What about the senator’s son, the guy that fell? The Olmsteds hired you to investigate their son’s death and you end up investigating the senator? Swamp, you’re acting really weird. The man’s paying your fees. I don’t follow the logic.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Murder in Buckhead
    tags: curiosity, drama, dramatic, exhilarating, fiction, investigator, mystery, profound-mystery, thriller
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    Robert Reid
    “Blair continued. “The old man only visits me in dreams. Dressed always in black with amber fire as his companion, he is older than the mountains. He is the fire of othium and he comes with an ancient name, Oien. He demands you take your throne and raise his armies. You will rebuild for him the glory of the second age.”
    Robert Reid – The Son”
    ― Robert Reid, The Son
    tags: fantasy-fiction, medieval-fantasy, tudor-period
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    “This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?”
    ― R.D. Ronald
    tags: christmas, festive, humbug, humour, writers-life
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    Anastasia Pash
    “Barcelona is the type of city where you can leave your accommodation in the morning and explore all day. On a typical day, you may be taking the subway, waiting in lines at busy tourist attractions, wandering through museums and romantic neighbourhoods, and sitting down for food and drinks at one of the many tapas bars before heading out to an upscale restaurant. Your outfits will work best if they can take you from day to night.”
    ― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules
    tags: barcelona, barcelona-quotes, female-travellers, travel, travel-writing
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    Hubert Selby Jr.
    “Memories, like ancient history, can easily disappear when their pertinence to today is ignored, and then they eventually reappear and become current events.”
    ― Hubert Selby Jr., The Demon
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    Malcolm Gladwell
    “A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down.”
    ― Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
    tags: career, difficult-decisions, forgiveness, life, power, powerful-women, strength, wisdom, women, women-in-power
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
    tags: destiny
    765 likes

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    Salman Rushdie
    “What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust.”
    ― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
    tags: heat
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    Jodi Picoult
    “It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
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    Mark Bowden
    “fire.”
    ― Mark Bowden, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
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