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#1

“Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the drink in one gulp. Burping unashamedly, she said, "We can't have the validity of the marriage contracts jeopardized because the bride got rat-assed on her wedding day.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

tags: adventure, cult, death, drama, dystopian, fiction, future, mystery, sci-fi

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#2

“Valdin did not notice the grey stones in the distant rock, although they glinted in the setting sun, nor did he spot the three figures sitting below the rocks. Not that he would have spotted the men even if he had paid close attention. The two Coelete warriors had been instructed by Anaton. They were to look out for a man on a black stallion and follow him until they knew where he was going. The third Coelete would travel back through the passageway to report the sighting to Anaton.”
― Robert Reid, The Thief

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy

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#3

“Magic is hard on our world. Pulling it in is really violent and damaging. The more we use it, the more we stretch out the membrane between this world and the one we draw it in from. And the other side…' She looked at Maldonado and he nodded. 'Well, it’s toxic.”
― Edward Williams

tags: beirut, emotionally-charged, gang-stalking, gas-lighting, gripping, memoir, panama, sex, sexual-assault, south-africa

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#4

“She is an able negotiator and a strong ally." Pickering said, as his eyes caressed her lovely face. He noticed both her arms were wrapped tightly around Victor's, and that she looked up at him with such commitment that it made his cynical view of love soften. Reminding him bittersweetly of how he had felt once, a very long time ago.”
― Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

tags: betrayal, emotions, friendship, historical-backdrop, honour, human-emotions, love, relationships, resilience, torment

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#5

“Embrace her. Embrace her darkness, and when it dawns, you will be stronger.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: acceptance-of-others, darkness-and-light, love-quotes-and-sayings, magical-realism, oneness-quotes, sexuality-and-spirituality, spirituality-quotes, tantra, witch-romance

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#6

“Often I felt like two people. One went into the world and did the living for the other, who was stuck in an endless moment of knowing. Yesterday was today and hereon in.”
― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows

tags: danger, family, fiction, friendship, intrigue, literary, manipulation, pain, profound, suspense

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#7

“But I begin to fancy you don't like me. How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me. (Catherine Linton, nee Earnshaw)”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

tags: catherine, vanity

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#8

“He has lost his print upon the earth; he has lost any fire.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Lady of the Rivers

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#9

“Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social and demographic conditions that spawned them have vanished, and they play such a role in directing attitudes and behavior that we cannot make sense of our world without them.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

tags: behavior, cultural, legacies

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#10

“Mare of the Stilts died the day she fell onto a lightning shield. Mareena, the lost Silver princess, died in the Bowl of Bones. And I don’t know what new person opened her eyes on the Undertrain. I only know what she has been and what she has lost, and the weight of it is almost crushing.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword

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#11

“In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

tags: reform

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#12

“Don’t think I don’t appreciate the sentiments but if I lose any more of my best officers, chaos will ensue – and chaos, Frank, is worth a hundred divisions to Herr Hitler.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

tags: historical-crime, home-front-fiction, moral-pressure, mystery, mystery-thriller, police-procedural, wartime-thriller, wwii, wwii-history, wwii-reads

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#13

“I don’t like anything pointing at me, dollface, that includes an umbrella, a finger, or a gun, got it?”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

tags: action, dramatic, fast-paced, fiction, fiction-novel, mystery, noir-mystery, nvestigation, thriller

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#14

“The blast of hot air lifted Tazeem from his feet and threw him onto his back in the road. He blinked up into the night sky; raindrops glowed orange as they fell towards the earth.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: descriptive-prose, explosion

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#15

“I opened my eyes to the sound of my phone ringing. The bedside clock read 10:05 PM. Rudy’s name displayed on my phone.
“Rudy? Where are you?”
“Boss, I’m okay, really. It’s just that my car broke down. I’m near a city called…hold on a sec, a city called Beaumont, Texas.”
“But you’re alright? Where’s your car right now? What’s wrong with it?”
― Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance

tags: action, adventure, crime, dramatic, exciting, murder, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller

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#16

“It’s Lylitte, standing on a patio below, all alone, leaning on a baluster at the far end of the castle. She doesn’t notice him at first, nor does it appear she’s doing anything important, as she’s looking out over her land, the acres of pasture hemmed in by rolling ancient walls. Her hair is up, showing her neckline, her light gown revealing curves which, for him, seem to be the only thing holding the galaxy together.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: big-questions, consciousness, cosmic-sci-fi, dream-theory, metaphysical-sci-fi, mind-bending, philosophical-fiction, quantum-vibes, reality-questioned, speculative-reality

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#17

“Oskar Scultetus said, “Two of my men have been ordered to cut two of the guy wires holding the transmission tower in place, and they are already doing so using oxy-acetylene torches. When they have done it, the tower will fall!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: action, ancestry, drama, family, fiction, historical, learning, powerful, truths, war

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#18

“Belonging means being part of a place and part of a community, to feel at home with the earth and with one another.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

tags: belonging, community, earth, earth-care, environment, environmental-nonfiction, interconnectedness, purpose, social, social-connection

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#19

“There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys

tags: life

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#20

“I found my true love on the banks of the river Kama,” whispered Alexander, staring at her. “I found my true love on Ulitsa Saltykov-Schedrin, while I sat on a bench eating ice cream.” “You didn’t find me. You weren’t even looking for me. I found you.” Long pause. “Alexander, were you…looking for me?” “All my life.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

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#21

“...drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.”
― Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

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#22

“He thought that all men, great and small, bond and free, were sinners in the sight of God; that they were, by nature, rebels against His government; and that they must repent of their sins, and be reconciled to God, through Christ. I cannot say that I had a very distinct notion of what was required of me; but one thing I knew very well—I was wretched, and had no means of making myself otherwise. Moreover, I knew that I could pray for light.”
― Solomon Northup, 12 Years a Slave Gold Collection: The Essential 12 Years a Slave Collection, Includes Twelve Years a Slave, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Life of Fredrick Douglass, The Life of Lincoln and more

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#23

“There are millions of men and women, and each one is unique. Some will make a good match for you, and some won't make a good match at all. You can love everyone; but to deal with a person on an everyday basis, you will need someone more closely aligned to you. That person doesn't need to be exactly like you; the two of you only need to be like a key in the lock – a match that works.”
― Miguel Ruiz The Mastery of Love A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship

tags: love

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#24

“And therefor, sir,' seyde the Bysshop, 'leve thys opynyon, other ellis I shall curse you with booke, belle and candyll.'

'Do thou thy warste,' seyde Mordred, 'and I defyghe the!”
― Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur

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