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“The water far below was black in the shadow of the ship. A plank creaked. She froze. No noisy jump. It would have to be a dive. Head down into darkness. She’d never dived at night.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: ancient-athens, fiction, golden-age, history, immersive, literature, love, military-campaigns, treacherous

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“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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“Perhaps you are right, sister. Perhaps it is time we all calmed down a little and started to tell each other the truth.” Šarlatová paused to look at the faces of everyone assembled in the room and added, “But it is going to take a while….a long while.”
― Stephen A. Reger, Storm Surge: Book Two of the Stormsong Trilogy

tags: complex, drama, fiction-writing, insightful, intrigue, literary-novel, literature-and-fiction-novel, violence, war

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#4

“This stated, “Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am delighted by the decision of your government to provide an infantry battalion for service in South Vietnam at the request of the Government of South Vietnam” The simple fact about this was that no such request was ever received by the Australian Government.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

tags: documented, historical-fiction, history-resource, research, southeast-asia, strategy, tactical, veterans, vietnam, war-recount

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#5

“The United States has taught the world how to outsource war, which in turn has created a new breed of fighter. Trained in the armed services, they become highly efficient and highly paid killers.”
― Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us

tags: drama, dramatic, espionage-thriller, fast-paced, fiction, fiction-novel, page-turner, political-thriller, terrorist, treason

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#6

“The person at the other end is answering questions from a person she has never met and about whom she knows nothing. Good manners from you will certainly elicit a more complete response than a threatening or superior attitude.”
― Nancy O'Meara, The Cult around the Corner: A Handbook on Dealing with Other People's Religions

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“ “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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#8

“I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living,
my baby you'll be.”
― Robert N. Munsch, Love You Forever

tags: family

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#9

“When you had the dream, it looked big. So why quit when it's still small?”
― Emem Uko

tags: inspirational-quote, motivational-quote, quote, wise-quotes, wise-words

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#10

“I'm scared," he says.
"I know," says the nurse.
"I want you all to go to Hell."
"That's natural.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

tags: roland

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