Carmelina Yarbro

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Carmelina’s Quotes

“This is biodiversity: a delicate web of life that we are slowly and systematically dismantling.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

tags: biodiversity, climate-awareness, ecology, environmental-nonfiction, nature-writing, planetary-boundaries, planetary-destruction, planetary-health

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“I left you in charge in Banora and you allowed a ragtag army to beat you in battle!”
― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire

tags: action, battle, drama, fast-paced, gripping, horrifying, intense, susepense, suspense

26 likes

“The excitement of the festivities escalated along with the darkening skies of winter, providing the perfect backdrop of secrecy and seduction that Venice was known for.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: atmospheric, beautiful-writing, carnival-season, historical-fiction, intrigue, romantic-tension, venice, winte-rmood

174 likes

“She raised the gun.
Fired.
The sound cracked through the cabin like a door
slamming on the past.”
― D.L. Maddox, Secrets

tags: drama, ense, excitement, fiction-novel, fictional, horror, psychological-thriller, redemptive, self-actualisation, thriller

57 likes

“I was pleased to see that the Briton members of our forces were becoming accustomed to the discipline of the Kimbern and they were performing much better than both my brother and I expected.”
― Michael G. Kramer, Full Story of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion

tags: allies, culturalexchange, discipline, earlymedieval, leadership, militaryhistory

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