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    Tom Hillman
    “In the rose garden, the flowers are maneuvering toward the winter sunshine and the alluring sound of the koi pond’s waterfall makes you think it has a crush on you. You offer no resistance—you are done (at least temporarily) with the “regular” world.”
    ― Tom Hillman, Digging for God
    tags: deep, descriptive, fiction, love, make-believe, meaningful, nature, refreshing, romance, self-reflecting
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    Lotchie Burton
    “Soft skin warm against his nose, her pulse beating strong against his cheek, suddenly clear thinking and being the voice of reason were concepts as foreign as a different language.”
    ― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire
    tags: attitude, change, confidence, courage, curiosity, explore, fast-paced, fear, full-on, gripping
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    K. Ritz
    “The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew tea for the cooks. Windows are open to counter the heat of the ovens. Outside, the sky is as black as my soul.”
    ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
    tags: adventure, drama, engaging, fantasy-fiction, fiction, historical-fantasy, literary-fiction, literature, sorcery
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    Susan Rowland
    “Jamie’s eyes gleamed. “God forgive me, I want there to be a murderer after the Falconer family so we in the College feel less to blame.”
    ― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds
    tags: action, drama, fiction, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, murder-mystery, mystery, noir, noir-mystery
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    “My grandmother said, ‘It doesn’t really matter where you had to go, where you got the ring, or where you played the Super Bowl, all that matters is that you put in the work, you deserved it, and you earned it.”
    ― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
    tags: community-building, death, drama, eccentricities, fiction, friends, friendship, fun, humour, life
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    Ellen J. Lewinberg
    “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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    D.H. Lawrence
    “When along the pavement,
    Palpitating flames of life,
    People flicker around me,
    I forget my bereavement,
    The gap in the great constellation,
    The place where a star used to be”
    ― D. H. Lawrence
    tags: bereavment, death, loss, my-sisters-keeper, star, submergence
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    Tom Robbins
    “Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes.”
    ― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
    tags: disagreeable, eccentric, happiness, hard-times, inspirational, ridiculous
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    George R.R. Martin
    “It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: intelligence, kindlehighlight, wisdom
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    Cormac McCarthy
    “Grief is the stuff of life. A life without grief is no life at all. But regret is a prison. Some part of you which you deeply value lies forever impaled at a crossroads you can no longer find and never forget.”
    ― Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger
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    Ally Condie
    “Some people think the stars must look closer from up here.
    They don't.
    When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are--how impossible to reach.”
    ― Ally Condie, Reached
    tags: ky, quote, reached
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    Rebecca Skloot
    “Viruses reproduce by injecting bits of their genetic material into a living cell, essentially reprogramming the cell so it reproduces the virus instead of itself.”
    ― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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