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    Behcet Kaya
    “Anderson’s soul was turbulent. Sick at heart and restless, the two-bedroom apartment he shared with his wife had become too small, too cramped, too closed in. He could no longer endure its restraint.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Murder on the Naval Base
    tags: action, crime, drama, suspense, thriller
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    “She wore people down like waves wore down stone.
    Consistent. Patient. Relentless. Merciless.
           ”
    ― D.L. Maddox, THE DOG WALKER: THE PREQUEL
    tags: complexity, emotionally-charged, emotions, evocative, human-fragility, intrigue, struggles, tension, thrilling, unpredictable
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    Mark Ellis
    “One of them had something small and black in his hand that Johnson very much feared was  a gun. He was considering his options when he saw Goldberg’s head emerge above the latch door.”
    ― Mark Ellis, Death of an Officer
    tags: army, battles, death, determination, fighting, fighting-for-your-life, front-line, pilots, soldiers, veterans
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    Max Nowaz
    “He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
     ”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller
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    J. Rose Black
    “If there was one thing a former sniper could do well, it was wait. Patiently. Quietly. Without a sound. Barely a movement. Just him, a quiet mind and his breath.”
    ― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath
    tags: drama, fiction, fun, general-fiction, laugh-out-loud, love, relationships, romance-novel, satire-fiction, suspense
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    K. Ritz
    “The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew tea for the cooks. Windows are open to counter the heat of the ovens. Outside, the sky is as black as my soul.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, engaging, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery
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    Tricia Copeland
    “Backwards was ignorance, and forwards was enlightenment, although it seemed to be a bumpy road.”
    ― Tricia Copeland, Kingdom of Embers
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    “Why are you still here?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be in a cave somewhere inspiring people?”
    ― Kristin Cashore, Fire
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    Gayle Forman
    “You just work through it. You just hang in there.”
    ― Gayle Forman, If I Stay
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    Richard Yates
    “he was too short a man to do this gracefully,”
    ― Richard Yates, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
    tags: dying, lemony-snicket, reminding, the-austere-academy
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    Fred Gipson
    “pool herd” of their little separate bunches of steers and trailed them to the new cattle market at Abilene, Kansas.”
    ― Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
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    Olive Ann Burns
    “They ain't no hypocrites at a youngun's funeral.”
    ― Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
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