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“The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie’s tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, “Ma’am, here is the proof that Bennie isn’t up to a fourth grade level. He has an F on several of these assignments. In fact, a zero grade is too high for some of Bennie’s work this last year.”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

tags: bullies, deeper-understanding, dysfunctional-families, family, life-lessons, memoir, raw, schizophrenic, struggle

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#2

“If I were a scientist watching her, what would I write down as the results? Woman who had neglectful/scary childhood finds comfort in fictional representations of families?”
― Sara Pascoe, Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

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#3

“He spoke slowly. “You know, you might think you are strong by holding on to all of this, but I think letting it go might make you stronger.”
― Alyssa Hall, And Then I Heard the Quiet

tags: atmospheric, chilling-revelations, gripping-narrative, hidden-truths, murder-mystery, new-beginnings, personal-transformation, reflective, resilience, unexpected-friendship

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“Water continued to explain about the life of the tree. “Trees can be as big below the ground as they are above it. And there are mother trees in the forests—these are the oldest trees. They have the most connections with the other trees. Trees communicate with each other and look after the young trees by sending them nutrients through their roots.”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

tags: compassion, eco-friendly, exploring-connections, exploring-nature, holistic-lessons, interactive-learning, kindness, natural-vibrations, parent-child-bonding, universal-connection

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#5

“¡Don’t tell me what to think, niña malcriada! And, you—” Don Gabriel pointed at Marco, “Stop filling my daughter’s head with nonsense.”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

tags: alienation, ambition, anti-imperialism, elite-society, freedom, historical-drama, identity-crisis, revolution, richly-detailed, tropical-settings

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#6

“We were wasting time. She could try and arrest me and would fail.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

tags: adrenaline, british-army, criminal-investigation, danger, fast-paced, gripping, justice, law-enforcement, military, plot-twists

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#7

“When oppressed and lost people see your supernatural life shining so bright, they are attracted! They are attracted to the Jesus in you.”
― Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression

tags: attraction, faith, god, good-and-evil, hope, inner-peace, jesus, love, self-growth, shining

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#8

“You can be a natural athlete with terrible work habits, and that ends up wasting your gifts.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: career, encouraging, family, fitness, healing, lesson, motivating, sport, support, time

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#9

“Blood began to flow, at first cautiously, as if embarrassed by its appearance; a few thin red lines exploring the gravitational trajectory of its new terrain. Now it flowed faster, steadily staining her pale flesh a horrific red.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: blood, descriptive-prose, horror

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#10

“There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

tags: alexandre-dumas, relationship, sorrow, sympathy, the-count-of-monte-cristo

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#11

“One's love for despotism is in exact proportion to one's contempt for one's country.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the French Revolution

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#12

“It's amazing the way one can take a step ten and a half miles long and still always land in a cowpat.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

tags: howl-pendragon

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#13

“But all I had to show for my efforts was an impressive familiarity with obscure Sailor Moon trivia and an inexplicable desire to cosplay as Tuxedo Mask (which I may or may not have acted upon in the solitude and privacy of my own home).”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player Two

tags: wade-watts

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#14

“The reassuring bulk of the college buildings showed ahead of her, and she looked fondly up at them and smiled. As she had never been before, she was now alone, and grown-up, and powerful, and not at all afraid.”
― Shirley Jackson, Hangsaman

tags: alone-but-not-lonely, growing-up, last-words, shirley-jackson

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“Crucial to Lee’s plan was the defense of that part of Long Island directly across the East River and particularly the imposing river bluffs near the tiny hamlet called Brooklyn, which was also spelled Breucklyn, Brucklyn, Broucklyn, Brookland, or Brookline, and amounted to no more than seven or eight houses and an old Dutch church that stood in the middle of the Jamaica Road, the main road inland from the Brooklyn ferry landing.”
― David McCullough, 1776

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