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“Marco had examined every inch of Guayanés Beach, where coconut palms that once grew along the shore in majestic rows lay crisscrossed in the sand like scattered pencils.”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

tags: colonialism, cultural-pride, evocative, historical-fiction, loyalty, lush-landscapes, motherhood, political-reform, rebellion, self-discovery

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#2

“Maybe we can politely ignore each other forever? I think that's the mature thing to do.”
― Sara Pascoe, Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

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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

“To know our true essence, we need to leave all of the energy of low vibrations out of our consciousness. We must withdraw all of our life force from that realm, because it is parasitic. It has little life force of its own and cannot exist unless we give it life through our attention, imagination and emotions.”
― Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness

tags: electromagnetic-field, energy, quantum, quantum-theory, raise-vibration, relativity, self-identity, universal-law, vibrations

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#5

“Deciding to wait, Scott sat down with a pint away from the bar at a corner table and lit a cigarette. The clientele in there on Sunday afternoon were the same as most other afternoons. From middle-aged to old men, drinking and cursing at the world like it was the last bus which had just left the stop without them.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: philosophical-musings, reflection

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#6

“We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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#7

“and then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or two
depending on your definition of what I did to Custer . . .”
― Sherman Alexie, The Business of Fancydancing

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#8

“The existence of Slavery in its most cruel form among them, has a tendency to brutalize the humane and finer feelings of their nature. Daily witnesses of human suffering—listening to the agonizing screeches of the slave—beholding him writhing beneath the merciless lash—bitten and torn by dogs—dying without attention, and buried without shroud or coffin—it cannot otherwise be expected,”
― Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave

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#9

“How are you feeling?” Zachary asks. “Like I’m losing my mind, but in a slow, achingly beautiful sort of way.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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#10

“John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

tags: feminism, patriarchy, the-yellow-wallpaper

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#11

“His shrill cries flood the forest like light engulfing a silhouette.”
― Nelou Keramati

tags: mystery, paranormal, paranormal-romance, resonance, suspense, the-fray-theory, the-fray-theory-resonance, thriller, trilogy, urban-fantasy, ya, ya-paranormal, ya-romance, young-adult, young-adult-romance

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colonialism
cultural-pride
evocative
historical-fiction
loyalty
lush-landscapes
motherhood
political-reform
rebellion
self-discovery
action-novel
adventure-story
crime
detective-novel
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murder-mystery-novel
mystery-thriller
private-investigator
thriller-novel
electromagnetic-field
energy
quantum
quantum-theory
raise-vibration
relativity
self-identity
universal-law
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feminism
patriarchy
the-yellow-wallpaper
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paranormal
paranormal-romance
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the-fray-theory-resonance
thriller
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young-adult-romance