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    Steven Decker
    “Of course, Emily, of course. I know. But here in Holland, we live first, work second. We truly appreciate life and make it our highest priority to enjoy it.”
    ― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
    tags: adventure, courage, curiosity, drama, emotions, fiction, intrigue, love, romance, sadness
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    “When a trapper entered the valley, I reflected back on my life as an Indian. "I'm sure as an Indian living  on the plains, I trapped animals for their fur and for their meat, I took what I needed for survival, but doing it for profit somehow rubbed me the wrong way”
    ― John-Paul Cernak, The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
    tags: environmental, generational, hippies, magic, marijuana, mystery, natural-world, seventies, sixties, unfaithfulness
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    Karen Hinton
    “Driving home, I thought of Janice, wondering why I wasn’t upset or hurt by (William) Styron’s wine-soaked moves. Did I give his flirtations a pass because of the alcohol? Was it because he was a famous and a highly praised writer whom I'd wanted to meet? Or did I need to protect him since he was somebody, and I was nobody? I only knew that I didn’t feel abused, like I knew Janice had been…. Styron was famous. But so was Coach, at least in Soso.”
    ― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
    tags: biography, coming-of-age, conversational, fall, glass-ceiling, illuminate, karen-hinton, moral-failures, rise, surreal
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    Max Nowaz
    “Rachael, I don’t think this is a very good idea.” Adam tried to protest and break away, but it was too late. She had a good hold on him by now, and he was going nowhere.
    “Not bad for a little man like you,” she said. “There seems to be something different about you lately.” Rachael smiled.”
    ― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
    tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller
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    “Imagine your worst day, multiply it by a hundred, and pray to your God
    that you never experience what some of the people in this war zone go
    through, everyday, without any hope of it getting better. Ever. Compared
    to these people, every day, no matter how bad, is the best day ever. I
    know nothing about pain, nothing about suffering and hopefully never will.”
    ― Hendri Coetzee, Living the Best Day Ever
    tags: biography, dreams, events, journey, life, life-journey, memoir, travel, true
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    Eli Wilde
    “They only heard Abel’s screams. That’s why Finch didn’t stop sawing when Macy coughed. Abel’s terror was a sound I will never forget. That, and the rip saw cutting through his bones.”
    ― Eli Wilde, Orchard of Skeletons
    tags: ai, distant-future, fantasy, fast-paced, horror, intrigue, mystery, romance, tense
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    Karl Braungart
    “ “We think a spy scheme could be brewing with one or more of the Middle East scientists going to Los Alamos.”
    ― Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity
    tags: cia, cold-war, conflicts, government, identity, iraq, jeopardy, military, series, spy
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    Anna Sewell
    “...Sadece bilgisizlik mi! Sadece bilgisizlikten, ha! Nasıl sadece bilgisizlikten diyebilirsin? Kötü kalplilikten sonra dünyadaki en kötü şey bilgisizlik, haberin yok mu? En çok hangisinin zararlı olduğunu ancak Tanrı bilir. İnsanlar ' Ah! bilmiyordum, kötü bir niyetim yoktu' deyince her şeyin yoluna giriverdiğini sanıyorlar.”
    ― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty
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    Richard Dawkins
    “Isn’t it remarkable that almost every child follows the same religion as their parents, and it always just happens to be the right religion!”
    ― Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide
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    Todd Burpo
    “I realized for the first time that I had been feeling like I'd been in a fight. For months, I'd had my guard up, waiting for the next punch life could throw”
    ― Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
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    “The young sleuth smiled. Although she was glad it was all over, she could not help but look forward to another mystery to solve.”
    ― Carolyn Keene, The Hidden Staircase
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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    “They say women have no conscience about laws, don't they?" Mrs. MacAvelly suggested.

    "Why should we?" answered her friend. "We don't make 'em—nor God—nor nature. Why on earth should we respect a set of silly rules made by some men one day and changed by some more the next?"

    (from According to Solomon)”
    ― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
    tags: according-to-solomon, charlotte-perkins-gilman, feminism, god, laws, men, patriarchy, religion, rules
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    Terry Goodkind
    “I add my oath of protection to the bone,' he said in a whisper. 'To you now and to any child you may bear in the future. I would trade no day I spend with you for a life of safe slavery. I accepted the post of Seeker of my own free will. And if Darken Rahl takes the whole world into madness, then we will die with a sword in our hands, not chains on our wings. We will not allow it to be easy for them to kill us; they will pay a high price. We will fight with our last breath if need be, and in our death, let us inflict a wound on him that will fester until it claims him.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
    tags: wizard-s-first-rule
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    Jasper Fforde
    “Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer
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    Eric Carle
    “One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.”
    ― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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    David Sedaris
    “In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Soap opera characters make emphatic pronouncements. They ball up their fists and state their goals out loud. ‘I will destroy Buchanan Enterprises,’ they say. ‘Phoebe Wallingford will pay for what she’s done to our family.’ Walking home with the back half of the twelve-foot ladder, I turned to look in the direction of Hugh’s loft. ‘You will be mine,’ I commanded.”
    ― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day
    tags: humor, soap-operas
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    Rudyard Kipling
    “India was awake, and Kim was in the middle of it, more awake and more excited than anyone, chewing on a twig that he would presently use as a toothbrush; for he borrowed right- and left-handedly from all the customs of the country he knew and loved.”
    ― Rudyard Kipling, Kim
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  • #18
    “Little Engine That Could - "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.”
    ― Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could
    tags: inspirational-quotes
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    Gail Carson Levine
    “Albin stood to the side a few feet and blew his nose with a honk. He could blow his nose a dozen ways. A honk was the saddest.”
    ― Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted
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