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    Andri E. Elia
    “Is it still a fish cart when there’s no fish in it? When its false bottom is filled with children?”
    ― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
    tags: action, adventure, fantasy, fiction, intrigue, love, mystery, teen-ya, urban-fantasy, wizardry
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    K. Ritz
    “This evening I spied her in the back orchard. I decided to sacrifice one of my better old shirts and carried it out to her. The weather’s been warm of late. Buds on the apple trees are ready to burst. Usually by this time of the year, at that time of day, the back orchard is full of screaming children. Damut’s boys were the only two. They were on the terrace below her, running through the slanted sunlight, chasing each other around tree trunks. She stood above them, like a merlin watching rabbits play.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, antasy, drama, fiction, historical-fantasy, humour, literature, magic, mystery
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  • #3
    “To catch a wild animal, you have to use the right bait.
    What happens to the bait? I haven't decided yet.”
    ― March Lions, The Last Sunset
    tags: drama, fiction, future, humanity, invasion, mission, planets, revolution, science, secrets
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    Max Nowaz
    “Being magnanimous in victory usually worked, but to keep abreast of the situation he had to 
pump the girl for all she knew. Was there a pang of remorse for his actions in his mind? 
Possibly, but what choice did he have? If he wanted to survive, he had no room for weakness.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator
    tags: action, dark, dark-humour, drama, fiction-writing, humour, mystery, thriller
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  • #5
    Frank Lambert
    “You are thinking in human terms again,
    and forgetting Time is neither tick nor tock...
    Jarle Heavyfoot”
    ― Frank Lambert, Ghost Doors
    tags: ghost, time-quotes
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    Nancy Omeara
    “It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles” became prevalent after its use in my first State of the Union address. Nice ring to it.”
    ― Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
    tags: democracy, diplomacy, entertaining, fast-read, government, historical-fiction, policy, political-goals, succinct, witty
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  • #7
    Eckhart Tolle
    “I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems” because they are part of its identity. If no one will listen to my sad story, I can tell it to myself in my head, over and over, and feel sorry for myself, and so have an identity as someone who is being treated unfairly by life or other people, fate or God. It gives definition to my self-image, makes me into someone, and that is all that matters to the ego.”
    ― Eckhart Tolle
    tags: ego, identity, self-pity
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  • #8
    Lisa See
    “A single spark is not enough to warm a room nor is a single seed enough to grow a fruitful crop. Deep love - true heart love - must grow”
    ― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
    tags: friendship, love
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    Philip Pullman
    “All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it?”
    ― Philip Pullman
    tags: authors, writing, writing-advice, writing-life
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  • #10
    “Ah, bella damigella, dignità, virtù e valore non sono riposti solo nell'abbigliamento!" esclamò Balin. "La virilità e l'onore sono celati nella persona, e vi sono molti insigni cavalieri ignoti a tutti, a riprova che il pregio e l'ardimento non hanno alcun rapporto con le vesti che indossano.”
    ― Thomas Malory, Storia di re Artù e dei suoi cavalieri
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  • #11
    “t felt like stepping into a spa, or a dream, or a memory she hadn’t known she missed.”
    ― D.L. Maddox, THE DOG WALKER: THE PREQUEL
    tags: action, fantasy, fast-paced, intense, psychological, scary, supernatural, tense, thriller, uspense
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  • #13
    “More salt on the places that never healed.”
    ― Holly Green
    tags: family-conflict, hurting
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  • #14
    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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    J. Rose Black
    “He grimaced and went after her. “I’m not a trainer. Just spent a lot of time working out.” 

    “Misspent youth, clearly.” She held the door open, standing just outside. 

    “My application to princess school was rejected.” Callan exited the building and fell into step alongside her. “Working out was how I coped.”

    Sunlight peeked out from behind striped clouds and lit the early-morning sky. Autumn weather chilled the perspiration on his skin. 

    “Such a shame.” Meridian glanced up at him out of the corner of her eye. 

    “What is?” 

    “That you didn’t go to princess school. Could have learned some manners.” Her blue-green eyes sparked in the sunlight. And her mouth . . . Her lips set in some smart-looking, lopsided grin, with a small dimple. 

    I should definitely kiss that look off her face.

    “Overrated. Inefficient. And I look terrible in a tiara.”
    ― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath
    tags: fiction, friendship, humorous-american-fiction, humorous-fiction, literary, love, new-adult, romance, satire, steamy
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    Max Nowaz
    “You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma
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    Behcet Kaya
    “And, for a moment in time, I’d crossed the line over to evil and used some unethical interrogation techniques to bring him down. I was hoping for a few months of ‘down time.’ Time to reevaluate how I’d let myself cross that line and how to prevent it from ever happening again. Then there was my father. He was quickly succumbing to Alzheimer’s and I wanted to spend more time with him.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods
    tags: murder-mystery, mystery-suspense
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  • #19
    Kiera Cass
    “She smiled. “Not wanting the crown means you’re probably the best person to have it.”
    ― Kiera Cass, The One
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  • #20
    Rudyard Kipling
    “My heart is so tired”
    ― Rudyard Kipling
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  • #21
    Cassandra Clare
    “Is there some particular reason that you're here?" ...
    "Not this again."
    "Not what again?" said Clary.
    "Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house." Simon pointed at Jace.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes
    tags: clary-fray, jace, mundane, simon
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  • #22
    Markus Zusak
    “She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.”
    ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
    tags: heartbreak, loss, moving, moving-on, stepping
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  • #23
    E.L. James
    “We’ve chased the dawn, Anastasia, now the dusk.”
    ― E.L. James, Fifty Shades Darker
    tags: dawn-and-dusk
    220 likes



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