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#1

“Even a resignation, even a new baby and a magnanimous wife, hadn’t quelled Anthony Weiner’s sexting compulsion.”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

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#2

“Get up you lazy bastard. The Governor wants a word with you,” said a guard.  He opened his eyes and smiled. There was another guard standing near the cell door in  anticipation of any trouble. The prisoner smiled at him, too.  Now what can the Governor want from me? He wondered. His dishevelled form seemed  incapable of coherent thought. “It’s nice of him to remember me,” he said aloud, trying to  concentrate. “Surprising he’s got any time for a worthless shit like you,” said the first guard.  “I once used to be a very important person,” the prisoner said feebly.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

tags: 21st-century, action, drama, intrigue, thriller, thriller-novels-best

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#3

“The final sound of the rifle shot bounced around the lake.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel

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#4

“He looked downright handsome, young, and in shape. He saw some young women drooling over him, while they should have cried hoarsely, hurting their throat and eyes. India was changing by the day and girls were powerful.”
― Kumar Kinshuk, Ritualistic Murder

tags: action-thriller, crime-thriller, dark, kidnapping, murder-mystery, serial-killer-novel, suspense-novel, suspenseful, thriller-books

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#5

“People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…”
― Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox

tags: adventure, colonization, cyberpunk, epic, original, sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, space, thriller

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#6

“Having uncompromising belief also means safeguarding your own spirit, defining who and what you want in your life.”
― Steve Pemberton, The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World

tags: christian, growth, inspirational, inspiring, introspective, memoir, motivating, motivational, personal-development, self-help

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#7

“You’re lucky to have that face. But it doesn’t make you happy.”
― M S M Barkawitz, Feeling Lucky

tags: crime, crime-thriller, dark, fast-paced, murder, mystery, noir-fiction, thriller

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#8

“Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will”
― Stendhal

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#9

“As the years drew on it was the fear of nothingness in her life that affected her.”
― D.H. Lawrence

tags: nothingness

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#10

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

tags: edward

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#11

“Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of some one else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly -- that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to oneself. Of course they are charitable. They feed the hungry, and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked. Courage has gone out of our race. Perhaps we never really had it. The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion -- these are the two things that govern us.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories

tags: soul

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#12

“Come forward, Mare."

That is Maven's voice. Not Maven, but Maven. The boy I thought I knew. Gentle, tender. He keeps that voice stored away, ready to be used against me like a sword. It strikes me to my core, as he knows it will. In spite of myself, I feel the familiar longing for a boy who does not exist.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

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#13

“John F Kennedy (President Elect) was at the White house in order to confer with his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower. He was told to wait while the President of the United States of America attended to some necessary items. After a time, John was escorted into the Oval Office, and he found himself directly in front of the out-going president. So it was that the conversation between two of the most powerful men on earth began.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

tags: documented, factual, indochina-war, insightful, recount-of-war, united, unity, unrest, warring, world

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#14

“He will tell you what's wrong in your society, who's to blame, and make you afraid of it, but he won't tell you how to fix it.”
― March Lions, The Last Sunset

tags: alien, alien-invasion-science-fiction, destruction, drama, earth, fast-paced, humans, irreversible-damage, planetary-destruction, war

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#15

“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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#16

“Always their men would be fighters, quick to take offense, slow to forgive. To their children and to their children’s children they would hand down their love of race, their personal loyalties, their stubbornnesses, their distrust of governments, their servility to no man. These are their strengths and their weaknesses, their glory—and sometimes, Christy, their damnation.”
― Catherine Marshall, Christy

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#17

“True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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#18

“he found himself pondering what it must be like not to belong to someone. What would it feel like to be “free”? It must not be all that good or Massa Lea, like most whites, wouldn’t hate free blacks so much. But then he remembered what a free black woman who had sold him some white lightning in Greensboro had told him once. “Every one us free show y’all plantation niggers livin’ proof dat jes’ bein’ a nigger don’ mean you have to be no slave. Yo’ massa don’ never want you thinkin’ nothin’ ’bout dat.” During”
― Alex Haley, Roots: The Saga of an American Family

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#19

“Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: bad, liar

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#20

“They talked to a lawyer that night. He related a sobering thought. “Dylan isn’t here anymore for people to hate,” he said. “So people are going to hate you.”
― Dave Cullen, Columbine

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#21

“You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,” shrieked his hellish voice. Whether the beast was a man in a mask or a demon of his imagination, made little difference to Adam, He was petrified.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

tags: action, danger, fear, fiction, fiction-novel, insight, thriller, trauma, unpredictable

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#22

“Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?” he asked. Yellow hair like hers was rare among the Greeks. Though some people say that Helen of Troy . . .”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: exquisite, governance, historical, history, justice, political-intrigue, realistic, romance, vibrant

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#23

“Laughter is poison to fear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: a-game-of-thrones, catelyn-stark, fear, george-r-r-martin, happiness, laughter, poison, wise

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#24

“Akward, like when a mad aunt starts up about Jesus at the dinner table. As Septimus showed him to the door, the sergeant replaced his hat and said quietly, “A cruel piece of mischief-making, looks like. I reckon it’s about time to bury the hatchet against Fritz. All a filthy business, but there’s no need for pranks like this. I’d keep it under your hat, the note. Don’t want to encourage copycats.” He shook hands with Septimus and made his way up the long, gum-lined drive. Back in his study, Septimus put a hand on Hannah’s shoulder. “Come on, girlie, chin up. Mustn’t let this get the better of you.”
― M.L. Stedman

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#25

“As a person i couldnt say, although i am well apuainted with tales of his atrocities. every time brom and i crossed paths with him, he was trying to kill us. or ratar, capture, torture, and then killus, none of which are productive to establishing a close relationship" _ Jeod”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

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#26

“Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories

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