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  • #1
    Lisa Kaniut Cobb
    “If he could blush through his fur, he would have.”
    Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley

  • #2
    Merlin Franco
    “The best way to make a line appear shorter without touching it is to draw a longer line next to it. It works with grief, too.”
    Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

  • #3
    Sara Pascoe
    “On the end of my bed. He’s short, round and bald, with a tartan loin cloth, and what looks like a spout on the top of his head,’ Bryony said. ‘You flatter me,’ came the snide male voice. ‘But it’s a valve.”
    Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

  • #4
    Diane Merrill Wigginton
    “No one else can close the door that God has opened for you,” she quietly said under her breath. That was something that Grandma Alice had said to her many times before her death.

    “I miss you, Alice,” she whispered, “and wish you were here with me now.”
    Diane Merrill Wigginton, A Compromising Position

  • #5
    Barbara Sontheimer
    “I want to propose a toast!" Taking a spoon he noisily tapped it against the crystal glass.  "Everyone!" He thundered, the large amount of whiskey he had consumed making him reckless.  "To Victor,  Ste. Genevieve's own inventor and my best friend, all the happiness in the world!"  The happy crowd shouted their approval.  "And to the ever, ever fair beauty Celena..." His voice cracking under the strain, and he wondered if he should stop now, before he embarrassed himself, before he made some horrible declaration.”
    Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

  • #6
    Max Nowaz
    “If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble.”
    Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

  • #7
    Chris Cleave
    “To survive, you must look good or talk even better”
    Chris Cleave, Little Bee

  • #8
    Diana Gabaldon
    “Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people.”
    Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber

  • #9
    Ernesto Che Guevara
    “The dramatic news is confirmed: Che has died in combat. His belongings are described in vivid detail and other information is given that only those close to the scene could have known. The”
    Ernesto Che Guevara, The Bolivian Diary: Authorized Edition

  • #10
    Mark Bowden
    “Sitting cross-legged on the rug, puffing on a pipe, wearing a fat gold Rolex on his wrist, Khamenei asked the colonel, “If we were to release all of you now, without any conditions, how long would it be before you could begin to supply us again with spare parts for our military forces?”
    Mark Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam

  • #11
    Michael Ondaatje
    “First, he though, I need shoes with rubber on the bottom. I need gelato.”
    Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient: A Screenplay

  • #12
    Stephen Douglass
    “She’ll find you. Her need to know you will eventually consume her.”
    Stephen Douglass, The Tainted Trust



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