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    Lotchie Burton
    “He played me like a mindless puppet. He jerked my strings…and I did cartwheels.”
    ― Lotchie Burton, Dante's Revenge
    tags: drama, intimancy, romance, suspense
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    Mark Ellis
    “He was probably wasting his time, but a capacity for idle curiosity was no handicap for a policeman.”
    ― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders
    tags: character-voice, crime-fiction, crime-reads, crime-thriller, detective-fiction, detective-novel, dry-wit, historical-mystery, mystery-suspense, police-procedural
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    “He turned and saw Becky, crying in the doorway of her house. What was he doing here? Turning back he saw flashing blue lights at the end of the road, and realised the ringing in his ears was the sound of approaching sirens.”
    ― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room
    tags: impending-doom, reality-check, realization
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    “The villa on Fjellveien had quickly taught her that quiet could be a kind of noise.”
    ― D.L. Maddox
    tags: atmosphere, hypervigilance, nordic-noir-vibes, psychological-thriller, suspense-reads, uneasy-peace
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    JoDee Neathery
    “Summer Mackie didn’t fall. She was pushed. I hollered . . . then poof, gone.”
    "By whom?” asked Conner.
                "There were only three of them on the ledge. I gotta go. . . .”
    ― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush
    tags: blame, challenges, fiction, guilt, insight, mystery, novel, suspense, thriller, tradgedy
    60 likes

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    Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
    “Bias in the workplace is a form of tribalism – you’re either in or out”
    ― Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
    tags: accountability, bias, crucial, factors, full-potential, non-fiction, perception, relationship, satisfaction, self-awareness
    155 likes

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    Maria Jane
    “My chest tightens, and I realize for the first time how much I love my freedom, being Chloe without Adam.”
    ― Maria Jane, Perfect
    tags: breakup-quotes, contemporary-romance, independence, independence-quotes, quote-of-the-day, selfdiscovery, womensfiction
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    Theasa Tuohy
    “The room was cavernous, divided into varied sections by high Moorish arches of a rusty peach, the ceiling of painted patterns set between strips of light blue wood. Bright colors everywhere, high curved windows bordered in violet, smaller windows inset with yellow and green stones and framed in aqua, banquettes upholstered in red and gold.
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    ― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth
    tags: action, adventure, crime, drama, fiction, organised-crime, thriller, women-s-adventure
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    Jennifer Wizbowski
    “The sky was stark, stale, and gray. The air, cold.”
    ― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta
    tags: atmospheric, coming-of-age, historical-fiction, italian-history, literary-setting, venice, winter-mood
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    Behcet Kaya
    “My initial impression of her had been totally wrong. The impression that she was this sweet and stunningly beautiful Vietnamese girl who had survived a difficult time in her life, and was, perhaps, still vulnerable. But, now it was different. She was nothing but a paid whore. It took me a moment to analyze it. Totally against my character, but I realized, if only for a fleeting instant, I wanted to take this whore to bed, even though there would be no spice of pursuit, and it would generate no particular tension between us.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate
    tags: crime-fiction, murder-mystery, private-investigator
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    Joseph A. Anderson
    “At that time, her core burned relentlessly with passion, desire, and complete disorientation. Their union was officiated by a queen she’d only heard of in folklore, and the people of the valleys reached for her and clamored to see the bride like she was their elixir. All of this only intensified the yearnings pulsing through her body and soul. She remembers one young lady, a commoner really, who pushed in from a crowd, sweaty and pregnant, to grab Lylitte’s hand. She locked eyes with her and saw the fever raging inside; it was in all the people in those days, the shamelessness, and a lust for all things of the new world. It was like a hurricane for life that no one could understand who hadn’t felt it.
    “Only when we experience true loss are we pulled back into our own dreaming,”
    ― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b
    tags: big-feelings, court-intrigue, epic-romance, fantasy-vibes, forbidden-love, myth-and-sci-fi, mythic-fiction, romantic-sci-fi, sensual-writing, sff-romance
    150 likes

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    Michael Cunningham
    “He’ll be successful, finally, this coming Sunday, at the modest ceremony to be held in the living room. It’s all so clear. Tyler will write a beautiful, meaningful song. Barrett will find a love that abides, and work that matters. And Liz. Liz will tire of boys, tire of her resolution to grow into a tough, colorful old woman who lives defiantly alone.”
    ― Michael Cunningham, The Snow Queen
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    John Green
    “Some people have lives; some people have music.”
    ― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
    tags: humor, life, music
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    Jonathan Swift
    “how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavour to do himself honour among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.”
    ― Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
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    Erin Morgenstern
    “Be brave,’ she says. ‘Be bold. Be loud. Never change for anyone but yourself. Any soul worth their star-stuff will take the whole package as is and however it grows. Don’t waste your time on anyone who doesn’t believe you when you tell them how you feel.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “... He who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new... partly from the incredulity of mankind, who will never admit the merit of anything new, until they have seen it proved by the event.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: estrangement, innovation, intelligence, invention, pariah
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    Gabriel García Márquez
    “Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.”
    ― Gabriel García Márquez
    tags: words
    65 likes



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