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#1

“Find joy and celebrate where sorrow once stood so good karma can fill the world.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: healing, hope, overcoming-grief, positivity, resilience

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#2

“It's only by owning our struggles and embracing what makes us unique that we grow.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: authenticity, embracing-differences, growth, identity, personal-development, self-acceptance, wisdom

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#3

“Justice isn’t usually that fast and easy.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: investigation, justice, law, legal-system, patience, reality, truth

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#4

“Food always transported her to different worlds and for a second, she imagined herself alone, wading in the warm summer waves of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the hills of citrus trees that border the town.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: comfort, cooking, culinary, escapism, food, imagination, sensory-experience

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#5

“Tears were a distraction in the pursuit of truth.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: determination, emotional-control, focus, investigation, justice, professionalism, strength

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#6

“No matter how much time passed, there were questions that never got answered and wounds that never healed.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: family-tragedy, grief, healing, loss, pain, time, unanswered-questions

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#7

“People tended to hastily judge others based on their elocution, mocking or rejecting those who appeared or sounded different.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: accents, acceptance, discrimination, diversity, judgment, prejudice, social-commentary

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#8

“Life was not a predestined path. It was what you made of it. Be the heroine of it, not its victim or passive observer.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: agency, choice, empowerment-of-women, life-philosophy, self-determination, strength, taking-control

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#9

“Greed was indeed the single most powerful evil motivator, which was destroying the lives of millions of people daily. It was the root of most crimes.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: corruption, crime, evil, greed, human-nature, motivation, social-commentary

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#10

“Fashion can and does kill.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: ambition, competition, danger, deadly-consequences, fashion, industry-secrets, murder

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#11

“Unconscious bias toward people who are of the same race, education level, economic status, and have the same values and taste influences who we trust. We subconsciously look for points of similarity in everyone we meet because similarities make us feel safer. Even if it’s a fallacy.”
― Elle Jauffret

tags: bias, human-behavior, psychology, safety, similarity, social-psychology, trust

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#12

“If flirting or the possibility of romance were more frightening to Claire than being caged with a convict, there was something seriously wrong with her.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: dating, fear-of-intimacy, funny, humor, relationships, romance, self-reflection

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#13

“Love isn't a bad thing, you know. When you're attracted to someone, your brain releases dopamine, your serotonin levels increase, and oxytocin is produced. This happy hormone surge is great for healing.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: attraction, brain-chemistry, healing, hormones, love, relationships-b, science-of-love

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#14

“She didn’t trust herself to be in the presence of a slightly inebriated, good-looking, protective man at the moment. Her financial insolvency and the grief over losing her friend had left her feeling powerless and vulnerable— a dangerous combination when paired with the romantic atmosphere of the seaside moonlight.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: attraction, chemistry, moonlight, omance, self-control, temptation, vulnerability

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#15

“Turn right in one hundred feet,” the navigational system’s Scottish voice cut through Claire’s response.
“Being interrupted by a Scottish accent sounds more sexy than rude,” she laughed, picturing a kilted Highlander warrior as the man behind the voice. “Very Outlander-ish.”
Suggie giggled along. “I agree. It’s impossible to be angry at a sexy, exotic GPS voice telling you where to go. It’s not road rage. It’s road romance.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: funny-dialogue, gps, humor, road-rage, romance, scottish-accent, technology-humor, travel-humor

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