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#1

“So tell me, little wolf. . . Do you want to punish these who have wronged you?”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Deadly Delivery

tags: dystopian, fairytale-retelling, fantasy, fiction, little-red-riding-hood

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#2

“He lulled me to sleep and kissed my lips. No one knew that the big, bad wolf is a puppy in disguise.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Deadly Delivery

tags: dystopian, fairytale, fantasy, fictionriding-hood, little-red-riding-hood

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#3

“And then I had the sinking realization. If Peter was nowhere to be found, he must have been found by the soldiers.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: battle-for-the-throne, clara, fairytale-retelling, fantasy, frostington, nutcracker-retelling, snow

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#4

“Squirrel!" She giggled. "Oh dear. I couldn't even imagine. I am heading to the kitchen straight away to save us from that terrible misfortune.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: christmas, fairytale, fantasy, humor, nutcracker, retelling

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#5

“I had a knife fixed in my dress in case I needed it but my hopes were to somehow manage this without getting blood on my hands. I'd prefer Peter get to make the ultimate decision of what to do with the Mouse King.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: christmas, clara, fairytale-retelling, fantasy, frostington, nutcracker, snow

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#6

“Alice." I sighed. She glared at me. Could I truly trust this girl? "I didn't know if I could trust you. The throne will be yours, you know."

"I don't want the throne! It's so much work and pressure. I just want to be free to lead my own life."

"Then, let's try and warn Peter.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: alice, christmas, clara, fairytale-retelling, fantasy, fiction, nutcracker, snow, throne, winter

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#7

“If she were truly so kind, why did everyone say she was so cruel? I must always be on guard around this girl. There was something going on here and I wasn't sure what.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: clara, fairytale, fairytale-retelling, fantasy, fiction, nutcracker, princess, retelling, snow

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#8

“What was I supposed to say to that? If I added my agreement, I could easily be punished as a traitor to the crown. Perhaps that is why so many girls had already been relieved of this position. Alice could be testing their allegiance to her wicked father.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: christmas, clara, dancing, fairytale, fantasy, nutcracker, princess, retelling, snow

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#9

“I have intel on where to find that wretched Peter. I want him staked out and eliminated as soon as possible. It is only a matter of time before he comes for my crown but I won't give up as easily as he did. . .”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: battle, christmas, clara, fairytale, fantasy, retelling, snow, winter

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#10

“Careful ma'am. Talk like that leads to the dungeon for being a traitor to the crown."

"I am the crown! Is my father already gone?"

"Aye. He left not twenty minutes ago." The server replied.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Sugar Plum Princess

tags: alice, christmas, fairytale-retelling, fantasy, fiction, nutcracker, princess, traitor

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#11

“It was too quiet. She couldn’t even hear the crickets chirping. The air felt thick and dark. She could almost feel the evilness swirling through the campus.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, books, college, fiction, murder, mystery, suspense, violence

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#12

“I think this was just some crazy coincidence or someone is using this game as a cover for their crime.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, books, college, fiction, killer, murder, mystery, violence

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#13

“. . . the students that had died were in this Assassin game. She didn’t believe in coincidences so someone was targeting these players. She just hadn’t figured out why.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, college, fiction, killer, murder, mystery, suspense, violence

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#14

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

tags: books, humor, television

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#15

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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#16

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

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#17

“Reading is like taking a vacation without having to spend the money and do the work. It’s like a breath of fresh air. You can go to places that don’t really exist or roam old lands.” Brittany paused to catch her breath before continuing.
“You can solve crimes without having to deal with the reality of it. You can do anything you’ve ever dreamed of, simply by picking up a book and using your imagination.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks

tags: author, exploration, reading, tangled-suspects, writing

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#18

“Without readers, a writer has no purpose!”
― Tayler Marie Brooks

tags: author, fiction, platform-building, writers

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#19

“I focus on representing life as close to reality as I can. Sometimes, (ok ok most of the time) it isn’t the most glorifying images of humanity. However, it points to our need for a Savior more than anything else I could write.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks

tags: authors, christian, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, inspirational, mystery-novels, readers-and-writers, suspense-novel, thriller-novels, writers

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#20

“No matter how much death she saw, she just couldn’t get used to it. That was good though. Murder should never become normal.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Aftermath Of An Autopsy

tags: aftermath-of-an-autopsy, case, fbi-investigation, fiction, investigation, murder, mystery-suspense, thriller, writers

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#21

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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#22

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: books, power-of-words, reading

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#23

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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#24

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

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#25

“I didn’t choose these victims. These victims or um. . . players have selected themselves.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, author, book, fiction, killer, murder, mystery, suspense, young-adult

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#26

“I hated having to kill you but it’s just a game anyway.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, college, fiction, game, killer, murder, mystery, suspense, violence

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#27

“He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, covering her mouth with his hand. Her eyes took on a wild look.
Good. He had made her fear him. She wasn’t so arrogant now, was she?”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, college, control, game, murder, mystery, suspense, violence

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#28

“The Mastermind took a deep breath to calm his agitation with her carrying on. To her, it would just look like he was as overwhelmed as she was.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, book, fiction, murder, mystery, suspense, violence

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#29

“What if the killer was here? He or she could be standing behind Laurel at this very moment. Laurel shivered again. She better hurry up and finish this. It wasn’t safe to be out right now.”
― Tayler Marie Brooks, Assassin

tags: assassin, books, chill, death, fiction, murder, mystery, scared, suspense, violence

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#30

“You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers.
"Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: hunger-games, katniss, peeta

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